# Canonical recap data for Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention (1848)
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title: Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention
subtitle: The founding assembly of the organized women's suffrage movement in North America, producing the Declaration of Sentiments.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1848-07-19
endDate: 1848-07-20
datePrecision: day
year: 1848
decade: 1840
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. Its organizers advertised it as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in the Wesleyan Chapel of the town of Seneca Falls, New York, it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848. Attracting widespre
summaryLong: The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. Its organizers advertised it as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in the Wesleyan Chapel of the town of Seneca Falls, New York, it spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848. Attracting widespread attention, it was soon followed by other women's rights conventions, including the Rochester Women's Rights Convention in Rochester, New York, two weeks later. In 1850 the first in a series of annual National Women's Rights Conventions met in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Seneca Falls Convention"
importance: 75
sourceConfidence: 75
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timeline: []
sources:
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  title: Seneca Falls Convention
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- protest
metaDescription: The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. Its organizers advertised it as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious c
wikidataQid: Q2736155
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  capturedAt: 2026-07-02
  label: Seneca Falls Convention
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Falls_Convention"
