Flashcard sets with a 'seneca falls convention' term meaning 'elizabeth cady stanton and lucretia mott held the seneca falls convention for women's rights in 1848. 200 women and 40 men attended the convention. they wrote and approved the declaration of sentiments (modeled on the declaration of independence). it said, "we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal." all the resolutions that were brought up were passed, including the one that said that women should have the right to vote. it met a bit of opposition, but it was passed eventually. this convention started the women's rights movement.'

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