Womens Rights In The 1800's

Nowadays, women seem to have an entitlement in this world; an entitlement that gives them authority and a voice. However, to get this prerogative, women had to go through difficult times and diligent work. Since the 1800’s, women were feeling the urge of gaining rights that they didn’t have. Due to this desire, a group of women decided to get together and organize their thoughts to establish a document in which they would incorporate the rights they wanted to acquire. With this in mind, the first women’s rights convention was launched in Seneca Falls with the purpose of discussing all of the issues regarding this topic. Therefore, the events of Seneca Falls, as well as the people who contributed in it, were of great impact on women’s rights.
That is what Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott decided to do regarding Women’s Rights. Everything started on July 14 of 1848, when both women were reunited after meeting at the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. Among their conversations the topic of women’s rights was brought up and they started discussing it. As a result, they concluded that the “social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women’ should be addressed. Therefore, they were determined to start this movement, and they did. They began to unite with other people to commence this development. That same day, they published a “call” in the Seneca County Courier explaining the convention that was going to be held 5 days later. With the help of more people and their contribution, they continued working on this project until getting to where they wanted