First Woman’s Rights Convention Marker

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Seneca Falls in Seneca County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

First Woman’s Rights Convention

By Bryan Olson, May 24, 2008

1. First Woman’s Rights Convention Marker

Inscription. On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel
Where the First Woman’s Rights Convention
in the World’s history was held
July 19 and 20 1848
———————
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Moved this resolution
Which was seconded by Frederick Douglass
“That it is the duty of the women
of this country to secure to themselves
their sacred right
to the elective franchise”
———————
Some of the signers of the Declaration of Rights:
Lucretia Mott • Jacob Chamberlain • Martha C.Wright
Elisha Foote • Amy Post • Charles L. Hoskins
Mary M’Clintock • Richard P. Hunt • Lavinia Latham
Jonathan Metcalf • Mary H. Hallowell • Henry Seymour

Erected 1908.

Marker series. This marker is included in the Markers with Artwork marker series.

Location. 42° 54.647′ N, 76° 47.976′ W. Marker is in Seneca Falls, New York, in Seneca County. Marker is at the intersection of Mynderse Street and U.S. 20, on the left when traveling north on Mynderse Street. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Seneca Falls NY 13148, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

The unveiling of the First Woman’s Rights Convention plaque Photo, Click for full size

circa 1908

2. The unveiling of the First Woman’s Rights Convention plaque

Women’s rights leader and descendants of organizers of the 1848 First Women’s Rights Convention unveil the commemorative plaque during 60th anniversary celebration in 1908.

within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. First Convention For Woman’s Rights (a few steps from this marker); The Great Lighthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); A Courageous Call for Equal Rights (within shouting distance of this marker); Revolutionary Soldiers (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Albert Cook Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mynderse Academy (approx. 0.3 miles away); General Sullivan’s New York Campaign Trail (approx. 0.7 miles away); Sullivan’s Forces (approx. 1.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Seneca Falls.

More about this marker. This plaque, installed on an addition to the Wesleyan Chapel on May 27, 1908, commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Women’s Rights convention. In 1992 it was placed here, close to its original location.

Also see . . . Woman's Rights National Historical Park. (Submitted on June 3, 2008, by Bryan Olson of Syracuse, New York.)

First Woman’s Rights Convention Markers Photo, Click for full size

By Bryan Olson, May 24, 2008

3. First Woman’s Rights Convention Markers

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Photo, Click for full size

4. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American social activist and leading figure of the early woman's movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first women's rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized woman's rights and woman's suffrage movements in the United States.