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Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott

Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention: Did it accomplish its mission? Remember the words of U.S. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, “and any time you have a challenge that seems insurmountable, think about what these women did, and if that isn’t any inspiration to us. Compared to what they had to do, anything else is pretty easy. So we have to have that encouragement as we go forward.”

Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention Women from all over the country have been invited to a two day convention in July 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss the plight of women and to propose a number of reforms that could make life better for women.

Why do we study women’s rights? Understand the metamorphosis of these young women of history. Learn from history and gain fresh insights into the status of women today, as related to the changing perspectives of women, offering an opportunity to reflect on image, status and self-worth. Determine where do we go from here?

Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention Group activity: All of you are delegates to this convention In your group, read (pages 95- 99) from Chapter 6 of A Young People’s History of the United States describing some of the conditions that you face. Highlight important facts related to this activity. Brainstorm a list of all the conditions and laws that you want changed. Not all of these changes need to apply only to women.

Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention In preparation for the convention, as a group, make a list of your most important demands. Come up with a list of at least FIVE demands. Begin each demand with the phrase “Resolved that…” For example: “Resolved that it should be against the law for a man to beat his wife.” Put all of your demands in order of importance to your group: Resolution #1, most important; Resolution #2, second most important; etc. Each of you will present a demand from your list.

Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention Possible categories of demands include: Slavery Divorce and children Working conditions Personal property and land ownership Wages Voting/political participation Ability to speak out and participate in organizations Sexual abuse

Did the Seneca Falls convention accomplish its mission? Women Today Women make up 46.6% of the labor force. Women comprise 51.4% of management & professional positions. 65% have children. 56.5% of all mothers with children under the age of 1 were in the labor force and 70.8% with children under 18. Women-owned businesses represent 40% of all businesses and employ 27.5 million people. 99% of working women describe equal pay as important and one-third say their current job does NOT provide equal pay for equal work.

Women Today The Department of Defense is the nation’s largest employer of women (over 450,000). Women make up 14% of our active duty military force. There were 10.4 million females enrolled in college and 7.8 million men enrolled in college in 2007. Since 1984, the number of women in graduate schools has exceeded the number of men. Women received 238,563 of the Master’s degrees, whereas men earned 181,062 Women own more than 47% of stocks purchased Women in the U.S. spend more than $3.3 trillion (purchasing power)

Where do we go from here?