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Www Virtual Library: Amdocs: The Seneca Falls Declaration (1848)
The full text of the 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, by women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
University of Groningen
American History: Documents: The Seneca Falls Declaration 1848
Full text of the Senaca Falls Declaration of Sentiments authored by Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1848.
Library of Congress
Loc: Seneca Falls Convention Scrapbook
Explore digital photographs of newspaper clippings about the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights in 1848. Includes a photo depicting Stanton in the controversial bloomer outfit.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Declaration of Sentiments
This Wikipedia page provides the text of the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, a document signed in 1848 by sixty-eight women and thirty-two men, delegates to the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Declaration of Sentiments
This resource gives an introduction to "The Declaration of Sentiments" from the Seneca Falls Conference in 1848, which demanded rights for women, as well as a full text accompanying it.
US Department of State
America.gov: Seneca Falls Convention Began Women's Rights Movement
Learn about the convention that not only paved the way for women's rights but also lead to women's suffrage. This article describes the political climate that motivated Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and other proponents of...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Reading Guide: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: "Seneca Falls Address"
A powerful call for women's rights, particularly for suffrage, expressed in the "Declaration of Sentiments" and issued at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Includes discussion questions.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Seneca Falls Convention
Short essay on the Seneca Falls Convention, illustrated with portraits of four key drivers behind the convention: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: Women's Rights and the Seneca Falls Convent
The first women's rights movement advocated equal rights for white women by leveraging abolitionist and Second Great Awakening sentiment.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Women's Rights
Read about some outspoken women in the 1830s and 1840s, who began speaking out for reforms of many kinds, particularly on the issue of slavery and the rights of women to vote. The Seneca Falls Declaration pushed this idea of equality.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Report of the Women's Rights Convention
Complete proceedings of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention advocating women's rights.
University of Virginia
Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: The Woman's Rights Movement
Read about the 19th century women's reform movement as well as primary resources including the Seneca Falls Declaration & Resolutions, an editorial by Frederick Douglass, and excerpts form "History of Woman Suffrage."
The History Cat
The History Cat: Fight for the Nineteenth: The Fight for Women's Suffrage
Looks at the history of the movement to obtain equal rights for women, starting with the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, up to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, when women won the right to vote.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Women's Rights: How Five Women Changed the World
This site introduces the Women's Rights National Historical Park. Touches on information about the Seneca Falls Convention and the signing of the Declaration of Sentiments. Hyperlinks lead to additional information.
Other
Georgetown College: Lucretia Mott: A Great American Religious Leader
This is a very in-depth, student-written biography on the life of Lucretia Mott. Read about her early influences, the Seneca Falls Convention, and her involvement with the suffrage movement.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: "Republican Motherhood"
Although brief, this article makes clear the change in the role and perception of women in the new United States. See why it was deemed important for women to have the chance to be educated.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Draft Elizabeth Cady Stanton's the Woman's Bible
This site features a draft of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible and summarizing text from Library of Congress.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Cultural Change
Exciting lesson plan teaching students about the social change in women's role in society that allowed women the right to vote. Students will learn about the process women went through to gain the right to vote by exploring various...
Library of Congress
Loc: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers
The papers of suffragist, reformer, and feminist theorist Elizabeth Cady Stanton cover the years 1814 to 1946, with most of the material concentrated between 1840 and 1902. Consisting of approximately 1,000 items, the collection contains...
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Brief biography of this famous women's rights leader.
PBS
Pbs: Resources for the Study of Nineteenth Century Women's Rights Reformers
The developers "Not For Ourselves Alone," a PBS documentary about the lives and work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, have compiled a collection of resources useful to any study of the history of women's suffrage in...
Other
Lucretia Coffin Mott Papers Project: About Lucretia Coffin Mott
This site contains biographical information about Lucretia Mott and also contains a chronology of her life.
Rutgers University
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project
Find documents by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the extensive collection from Rutgers University.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Excerpts From Her Autobiography
This site contains excerpts from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's autobiography.