Seneca Falls Convention

American  

noun

U.S. History.

1. a women's rights convention held at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.

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Seneca Falls Convention Cultural  

1. The first convention in America devoted to women's rights. It met in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, and passed several resolutions, including a demand that women be given the right to vote.

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Example Sentences

Called the Seneca Falls Convention, the event in Seneca Falls, New York, drew over 300 people, mostly women.

From National Geographic Kids

The Seneca Falls Convention was attended mostly by white women, even though northern states like New York had outlawed enslavement.

From National Geographic Kids

By feminists at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 who stated “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal.”

From Seattle Times

Besides the Nashville jump, she said her favorite event was a demonstration the team did in Seneca Falls, New York, home of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, widely considered the first women’s rights conference in the world.

From Seattle Times

“Starting in the early years of the republic, Jones introduces us to the unsung heroes of our nation who spoke and wrote in support of equality long before the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848,” the judges said.

From Los Angeles Times