World Antislavery Convention – London, England (1840)

· Motivated by the unequal treatment of women at the convention, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton decided to hold a women’s rights convention.

Discrimination Against Women

· Women could not…

- vote

- hold political office

· Husbands controlled their wive’s wages and property.

Famous Abolitionists AND Women’s Rights Activists

· Sojourner Truth

· Lucretia Mott

· Elizabeth Cady Stanton

· Angelina and Sarah Grimké

· Susan B. Anthony

Seneca Falls Convention – Seneca Falls, NY (1848)

· Delegates at the Seneca Falls Convention demanded the following:

- equality for women at work, school, and in church

- the right to vote