On 19 and 20 July 1848, about 300 people, mostly women, met at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, in the first women's rights convention in the United States, organised by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and others. Stanton drafted a Declaration of Sentiments modelled on the Declaration of Independence: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.' It listed grievances and demanded rights to property, education and employment, and the vote. Only the demand for the vote was controversial; the resolution passed narrowly, with the support of Frederick Douglass. The vote came in 1920.
Before and after
- from 18 March 1848 to 22 March 1848Five Days of Milan
- from 24 March 1848 to 8 May 1851First Schleswig War
- June 1848Publication of Deșteaptă-te, române!
- 7 June 1848Birth of Paul Gauguin
- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
- 29 July 1848Young Ireland rebellion
- 16 September 1848Discovery of Hyperion
- 8 November 1848Birth of Gottlob Frege
- 1849Construction of Buckingham Palace
More in Society, economy & sport
- 12 May 1792Founding of New York Stock Exchange
- c. 1800sRise of nationalism
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- 23 June 1894Founding of International Olympic Committee
- from 6 April 1896 to 15 April 1896The first modern Olympic Games open in Athens
- 21 May 1904Founding of FIFA
The era
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