d. The First meeting in 1848 for Womans Suffrage in the United States

In Seneca Falls, July 1848, the local women held a convention to discuss the Social, Civil, and Religious Condition of Women in two days. Lucretia Mott (a known feminist and abolishionist) urged the women who were there, to push aside their restricted education and position at home to join and debate during the meeting.Their resolution ended with their argument that men and women should equally pursue righteous causes with righteous means. They discussed the wrongs of the government on women, to point that women immediately deserve equal rights. Using  Report of the Woman’s Rights Convention, held at Seneca Falls, New York, July 19th and 20th, 1848, we are able to see a first hand account of the Woman's Rights Convention, held at Seneca Falls, New York, July 19th and 20th. This source allowed us to strengthen our argument regarding the American suffrage movement led by women and how their focus was different from the British movement. The meeting launched the women’s right movement and eventually led to women gaining the right to vote. Lucretia Mott (in the photograph) led the meeting by encouraging all of the women- no matter their education, to join in the debates for women's rights.  

F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, Pa. Lucretia Mott. [1870 to 1880] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mnwp000037/>