Name: Inspiring Seneca Falls
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Description: In 1840 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott met at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, the event that would inspire them to create the Seneca Falls Convention and launch the Women's Suffrage Movement.

Illustration of First Women's Rights Convention in 1848(Original Caption) Seneca Falls, NY: Cartoon representing feminist speaker denouncing men at the first Women's Rights Convention, July 19-20, 1848, Seneca Falls, NY, where the American feminist movement was launched. Undated engraving. BPA2# 5480

In 1840, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott forged a pivotal connection at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. This encounter inspired them to spearhead the Seneca Falls Convention, a landmark event that launched the Women's Suffrage Movement.

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In 1840, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott forged a pivotal connection at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. This encounter inspired them to spearhead the Seneca Falls Convention, a landmark event that launched the Women&#8217;s Suffrage Movement.

The Origin of the Seneca Falls Convention

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In 1840 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott met at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, the event that would inspire them to create the Seneca Falls Convention and launch the Women's Suffrage Movement.

Inspiring Seneca Falls

<p>From raising families to leading armies, women such as Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Amanirenas, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and countless others have played a vital role in history.</p>


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