Women had no legal identity separate from their husbands and were unable to sign contracts, own property, obtain access to education,
obtain divorces easily, and gain custody of their children after divorce well into the nineteenth century. The desire to address this inequality
and challenge the country to live up to its revolutionary promise led to a two-day convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, where 300
women and men gathered to debate Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments. Modeled after the Declaration of Independence, it
outlined women's inferior status and included a radical demand for suffrage.
After Seneca Falls, women's rights conventions became annual events, where women met to discuss educational opportunities, divorce
reform, property rights, and sometimes labor issues. Women lent their support to abolishing slavery believing universal suffrage would
follow.
Based on the text, what was the motivation for the Seneca Falls Convention?
O A complete equality for women in America
OB. the right of women to own property
OC. women's right to hold elected office
"Seneca Falls and Building a Movement, 1776-1890" Shall Not Be Silenced
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OD. the rewriting of the Declaration of Independence
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