Female Abolitionists Lucretia Mott And Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Many different actions were taken to help the women’s rights movement grow. First, two female abolitionists Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the first women’s rights convention along with a few other women at Seneca Falls, New York. At the convention, where 200 women and 40 men attended, they issued a Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions modeled on the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions demand that all men and women are created equal. This proved that the women fought for equality between all human being, both women, and men. The Seneca Falls Convention helped the women’s rights movement grow. In the beginning, women had rarely any rights such as the right to vote, and do the things