Timeline Wednesday 19 July 1848

Events on Wednesday 19 July 1848 1

• 1848 Seneca Falls Convention First women's rights convention in the United States Organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, the convention met at Seneca Falls, New York, on 19 and 20 July. It adopted the Declaration of Sentiments, which included a demand for women's suffrage. It is widely seen as the start of the American women's rights movement.