And so they did have a convention of their own!

Stanton presented her Declaration of Principles in her hometown chapel. She brought to light women’s subordinate status and made recommendations for change. She used the Declaration of Independence as a guideline.

Resolution 9 requesting the right to vote was perhaps the most important in that it expressed the demand for sexual equality.

Subsequent to the Seneca Falls Convention, the demand for the vote became the centerpiece of the women’s rights movement.

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