60-Second Civics: Episode 5097, The Seneca Falls Convention: Women's History Month, Part 16

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In 1848, about 300 activists met in Seneca Falls, New York, for the first convention in the United States devoted to women's rights. They discussed Elizabeth Cady Stanton's proposed Declaration of Sentiments, which mirrored the language of the Declaration of Independence.
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