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1840: Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and multiple women aren't allowed to participate in the "1840 World Antislavery Congress in London (U.S. National Park Service)." This caused Mott and Stanton to grow angry and want to form some form of a community to fight for womens rights (U.S. National Park Service). 

1848: Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Martha C. Wright, and Mary Ann McClintock discussed hosting a women's rights convention and by the end of the evening they sent out an invite to the local paper (Seneca County Courier). 

August 16, 1848: The ladies all meet up to begin writing the declaration and it's following resolutions, and to begin brain-storming topics for possible speeches (Seneca County Courier). 

July 19-20, 1848: The Seneca Falls Convention takes place (U.S. National Park Service). 

July 19-20, 1848: The Women's Suffrage Movement begins ("Seneca Falls Convention"). 

August 2, 1848: The Convention met up again at the First Unitarian Church to re-give and tell more people their goals for women's suffrage ("Seneca Falls Convention"). ​​​​​​​

​​​​​​​1848-1862: The leaders of the Convention went on to continue protesting the rights of women, aswell as them and other activist's still referencing the Declaration of Sentiment's as they were protesting ("Seneca Falls Convention"). 

1920: The passing of the Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote (“Seneca Falls Convention”). ​​​​​​​