Seneca Falls Convention

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Discussion of the 1848 Convention. Purpose of meeting to discuss the status of women in the U.S. Limitations of women including lack of right to vote, to own property , to attend institutions of higher education, to work in professional occupations. Organizers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Agenda of action to overturn injustices against women.

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"The Seneca Falls Convention was held on July 19 and 20 in 1848 at the small town of Seneca Falls, New York. The purpose of the convention was to stimulate discussion about the social, civil and religious (qtd. in Bittner 1) limitations of women and raise the social awareness of the participants. During that era, women s liberties were severely restricted in the following ways: 1) Women were not allowed to vote; 2) They were not permitted to create laws that affected their interests; 3) Their property was taxed by the government; 4) Married women had no legitimate claims to their property and wages, which belonged to their husbands; 5) Divorced women did not possess custody over their children; 6) Women were not permitted to attend institutions of higher education; 7) They were not allowed to work in professional occupations; and 8) Women could not take ..."

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