Why is the National Womens Hall of Fame located in Seneca Falls, NY?
Seneca Falls, New York is regarded as the birthplace of the American women’s rights movement. Here, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and 300 others gathered at the first Women’s Rights Convention in 1848. The Declaration of Sentiments was presented, debated and passed by the convention. This Declaration included, among other demands, that women have the right to vote. The struggle for American women’s rights had begun. In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote was passed. Also, in Seneca Falls in 1923, Alice Paul called for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
