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== =Seneca Falls=

Seneca Falls was an influencial women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York on July 19th-20th 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton composed the Declaration of Sentiments//, //a document declaring the rights of women modeled on the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration had several resolutions that a man should not restrain women's rights, refuse to allow her to vote, or take her property. Out of the 300 participants that went to the Convention, they spent the 2 days arguing, refining, and voting on the Declaration. The convention was frowned upon by all corners. Religious leaders and the press denounced the happenings at Seneca Falls. There was a postive report that was printed at //The North Star,// Frederick Douglass' newspaper.