| What makes it historical? |
On July 19th, 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott hosted the first ever Women’s Rights Conference here in Seneca Falls, New York! The conference ratified a new Declaration of Sentiments proclaiming equality for women in ways that had never been considered up to that point in history, like the rights to property, education, and representation! Mrs. Stanton took it a step further and pushed for voting rights, but it would be another 72 years before that radical idea would become a reality!
Here in Seneca Falls, Mrs. Stanton got introduced to the most famous American suffragists, Susan B. Anthony, and ended up writing many of Ms. Anthony’s speeches, which she delivered across the country! These, she wrote from her home, also under the protection of the National Historical Park!
The park preserves the sites and artifacts of the women’s rights movement, including the Wesleyan Chapel, Stanton House, and M’Clintock House, and has a comprehensive exhibit on the progress gained and progress yet to be made by women around the country! |
