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July 19, 1848 - The first Women's Rights Convention in the U.S. was held at Seneca Falls, New York. Its “Declaration of Sentiments” launched the movement of women to be included in the constitution.

The Declaration used as a model the U.S. Declaration of Independence, demanding that the rights of women as individuals be acknowledged and respected by society. It was signed by sixty-eight women and thirty-two men.

The impetus came from Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, both of whom had been excluded, along with all the other female American delegates, from the World Anti-Slavery Convention (London, 1840) because of their sex.

Frederick Douglass, the former slave and abolitionist leader attended the convention and supported the resolution for women’s suffrage. When suffrage finally became a reality in 1920, seventy-two years after this first organized demand in 1848, only one signer of the Seneca Falls Declaration, Charlotte Woodward, then a young worker in a glove manufactory, had lived long enough to cast her first ballot.

#SenecaFalls #WomensRights

#datocurioso

¿Sabías que el movimiento feminista organizado como acción social nació formalmente gracias a una reunión en una pequeña capilla metodista?

El origen de este movimiento colectivo se sitúa a mediados del siglo XIX, específicamente el 19 y 20 de julio de 1848 en Nueva York, cuando las activistas Elizabeth Cady Stanton y Lucretia Mott convocaron la histórica Convención de Seneca Falls. Lo interesante es que ambas se conocieron años antes en un congreso mundial contra la esclavitud en Londres, donde los organizadores masculinos les prohibieron hablar o participar públicamente solo por el hecho de ser mujeres. Esa profunda frustración provocó que decidieran unir esfuerzos y organizar su propia asamblea masiva, la cual reunió a más de 300 personas interesadas en cambiar las leyes. Durante el segundo día de sesiones de este evento, un grupo compuesto por 68 mujeres y 32 hombres firmó el primer programa político de la historia del feminismo, bautizado como la Declaración de Sentimientos. Este valioso manifiesto se redactó imitando la estructura de la Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos, pero añadiendo la frase clave de que todos los hombres y mujeres son creados iguales, marcando un precedente para exigir formalmente el voto, el derecho a la educación superior y la tenencia de propiedades.

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#historia #feminismo #senecafalls #datocurioso

Hype for the Future 250I: Seneca County, New York

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/hype-for-the-future-250i-seneca-county-new-york/

July 19, 1848 - The first Women's Rights Convention in the U.S. was held at Seneca Falls, New York. Its “Declaration of Sentiments” launched the movement of women to be included in the constitution.

The Declaration used as a model the U.S. Declaration of Independence, demanding that the rights of women as individuals be acknowledged and respected by society. It was signed by sixty-eight women and thirty-two men.

The impetus came from Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, both of whom had been excluded, along with all the other female American delegates, from the World Anti-Slavery Convention (London, 1840) because of their sex.

Frederick Douglass, the former slave and abolitionist leader attended the convention and supported the resolution for women’s suffrage. When suffrage finally became a reality in 1920, seventy-two years after this first organized demand in 1848, only one signer of the Seneca Falls Declaration, Charlotte Woodward, then a young worker in a glove manufactory, had lived long enough to cast her first ballot.

#SenecaFalls #WomensRights

“I am in this race to fight for the people, just like I always have,” #KamalaHarris said.

“Nearly 250 years ago, America was born when we wrested power from a petty #tyrant.” Since then, America has shown that “a government for & by the people is strong & can endure”.

People who fought for their rights at #Selma, #SenecaFalls & #Stonewall “did not struggle & lay down their lives only to see us cede our fundamental #freedoms”.

#WeAreNotGoingBack
#law #democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#Ms #Magazine Has Been #Fighting for the #ERA Since Its #Inception.

Last year, a group of over 300 #activists—half of whom were under 25—gathered in #SenecaFalls, #NewYork, to celebrate 100 years since the initial signing of the #ERA.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WomensRights #Politics #EqualRightsAmendment #Representation #Culture

https://msmagazine.com/2023/09/22/ms-magazine-equal-rights-amendment/

Am 19. Juli 1848, heute vor 175 Jahren, begann in Seneca Falls die erste Frauenrechtskonferenz.

Die zweitägige Seneca Falls Convention im US-Bundesstaat New York, bei der am Ende 100 Personen ein Manifest unterzeichneten, das die soziale und rechtliche Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern und insbesondere das Frauenwahlrecht forderte, gilt als Beginn der Frauenbewegung.

#geschichte #historisch #heutevor #geschichtetoday #frauengeschichte #frauenbewegung #senecafalls #newyork #usa