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Seneca Falls Convention | The Vote

6th Grade – 8th Grade

9th Grade – 12th Grade

English

Discover why the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention is considered the “start” of the women’s movement in this video adapted from The Vote | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. The Founding Fathers’ decision to leave voting rights to the states ultimately led to the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, where women, in the first convention in the nation called to discuss women’s rights exclusively, demanded the right to vote.