First Woman’s Rights Convention
On this spot stood the Wesleyan Chapel
Where the First Woman’s Rights Convention
in the World’s history was held
July 19 and 20 1848
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Moved this resolution
Which was seconded by Frederick Douglass
“That it is the duty of the women
of this country to secure to themselves
their sacred right
to the elective franchise”
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Some of the signers of the Declaration of Rights:
Lucretia Mott • Jacob Chamberlain • Martha C.Wright
Elisha Foote • Amy Post • Charles L. Hoskins
Mary M’Clintock • Richard P. Hunt • Lavinia Latham
Jonathan Metcalf • Mary H. Hallowell • Henry Seymour
Marker is at the intersection of Mynderse Street and U.S. 20, on the left when traveling north on Mynderse Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
