The Seneca Falls Convention: A Revolution of Women's Rights
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  • Revolution
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      • Kim Gandy
      • Sam Bennett
      • Jennifer Krafchik
      • Reshma Saujani
    • Bibliography
    • Process Paper
  • Conclusion
"When speaking on the rights of Women, self was out of the question."
-Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

"One of the most interesting events of the past week, was the holding of ... a Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls. ... we cherish little sympathy for [sexism]."
~ Douglass's editorial in the North Star, shortly after the Convention

"'And isn't that [the ballot] what women need?' she [Stanton] asked. 'Will you speak for it? I cannot alone.' He [Douglass] agreed that he would."
~Bill Severn, in Free but Not Equal: How Women Won the Right to Vote 
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
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