Created by Students for Women's History Month

1. The Seneca Falls
Declaration

2. 10 Facts about Seneca Falls
1. A convention for women to discuss
their rights held July 19th and 20th at
in Seneca Falls, New York.

3. 2. Women leaders were Lucretia Mott,
Maratha C. Wright, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Mary Ann McClintock

4. 3. These women came together to
write their own declaration to give
women more rights.

5. 4. They created the Declaration of
Sentiments modeled after the
Declaration of Independence.

6. 5. James Mott and Thomas
McClintock were just two of the men
that attended the convention.

7. 6. Ansel Bascom discussed a property
bill for married women that just passed
the Legislature in New York.

8. Quotes from the
Declaration
7. “He has never permitted her to
exercise her inalienable right to the
elective franchise.”

9. 8. “He allows in church as well as state but
a subordinate position claiming optimistic
authority for her exclusion from the
ministry and with some expectations from
many public participation in the affairs of
the church.”

10. 9. Woman feel aggravated,
oppressed and frequently deprived of
their most sacred rights, we insist they
have immediate admission.

11. 10.The women knew there would be
misconception, misrepresentation,
and ridicule. But they believed they
should continue to fight for their
rights any way they could.

12. Sources
p www.csus.edu/owl/index/read/sacbee/s
(secondary source)
p Declaration of Sentiments (primary
source)