On July 19-20, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York many women from New York were some of the first women in history to decide that they wanted equal rights, and equal treatment as the men in the society that they lived in. What resulted was the Seneca Falls Convention, In the convention the women proposed that the Declaration of Sentiments be re-read by paragraph, and provided a list of what they would like to see changed. The meeting lasted two days and six sessions which sparked many heated debates over women's rights, including women's right to vote in America. There were about 300 people who were in attendance for the six sessions and at the end of the two-day convention one-hundred of the people in attendance, which were mostly women, signed the revised Declaration of Sentiments which allowed many more rights to the women of that time period.
As many of us know now the struggle for women's rights and equality lasted way beyond the Seneca Falls Convention. For many people who follow and study the women's rights movement, the Declaration of Sentiments is seen as one of many historical documents included on the timeline of the women's rights struggle. The Seneca Falls Convention was one of the brave early steps that American women took for their equality as citizens.
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