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That they gathered people together was an achievement. Then they presented their topic cleverly and comprehensively, in a Declaration of Sentiments mirroring the Dec of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women…

Day 1 was for women only. Lucretia Mott ran the meeting; ElizCadyStanton presented the Declaration for discussion & amendment. On the 2d day she presented it to the mixed crowd, Mott’s husband James in the chair. (The organizers had hesitated to…

Sexism in the abolitionist movement planted one of the seeds for Seneca Falls. In 1840 the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London refused to seat Lucretia Mott, an official US delegate. Notably, the Americans stood up for her. (1/3) #SenecaFalls…

Of the resolutions presented at Seneca Falls, voting was the most controversial. ElizCadyStanton insisted on it, but Lucretia Mott worried it was too radical, too inflammatory. To me it seems pedestrian compared with the other demands women made that…

What Seneca Falls wasn’t: It wasn’t the first time these ideas were contemplated. Stirrings of women’s equality are threaded thru the abolitionist movement. And since 300 locals showed up on short notice, clearly it was being discussed in many homes.…

The original Moses didn’t get to the Promised Land, but at least he didn’t have to fight for his pension. His successor, Harriet Tubman, did. (Thread) #Suffrage100 #AfricanAmerican #Harriet #KnowYour19th Harriet is most famous for her 13 daring…

In Utah, suffrage was politically entwined w/polygamy. Women 1st voted in 1870, when UT was a territory seeking to preserve plural marriage vs a hostile federal govt. Giving women the vote demonstrated their independence while enlisting them in…

All the women at Seneca Falls were white, but the very same year a group of African American women also organized for equal rights. The Daughters of Zion, preachers and lay leaders in the AME Church, went to the Church’s general conf. to demand they…

Welcome, new followers of @DailySuffragist! Don’t miss highlights from the first month of this project: Harriet Tubman’s lifetime of majesty; a deep dive into who was and wasn’t at Seneca Falls; printers, typesetters & editors like Mary Ann Shad…

Yes, they had a bake sale.
Black & white men & women didn’t share public space in the 1830s. Female Anti-Slavery Societies were an exception, esp Philadelphia’s. It was founded by Lucretia Mott & 17 other women, inc. Harriet Forten Purvis, her…