IInternational gathering of woman suffrage advocates in Washington, D.C., 1888 .
IInternational gathering of woman suffrage advocates in Washington, D.C., 1888 .
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first woman's rights convention organized by a handful of women who were active in the abolition and temperance movements and held July 19–20, 1848, in the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New york. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women ''. The Seneca Falls Convention was a major turning point in history because Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which led to many other women's rights conventions, and eventually, women gaining much of the same opportunities as men.
The Seneca Falls convention is a perfect example of the NHD theme communications in history because it was the first of its time to ever openly communicate/express ideas about women's suffrage and set a foundation for the women's suffrage movements. The use of a convention and a public document like the Declaration of Sentiments, helped publicly spread these ideas to the public and eventually led to new reforms. Before the Seneca falls Convention, there had been no other womens conventions in America before, so when news spread that the convention was taking place, it caught the eye of hundreds and encouraged people all over America to stand together and fight. When organizing the Seneca Falls Convention and creating the Declaration of Sentiments, the leaders knew to make a reasonable goal and knew their ideas would be communicated to the rest of the world. In the Declaration of Sentiments, it stated "“We hope this Convention will be followed by a Series of Conventions embracing every part of the country.``