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Photographs of Two Organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention

The photographs below are portraits of two of the organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention, which took place in 1848. The convention was organized to discuss the social, civil, and religious rights of women at that time. The two women pictured here became went on to become influential leaders in the women's suffrage movement.

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Lucretia Mott

Lucretia Mott, 1860(?) - 1880

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, from a daguerreotype 1856

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Click on the images for larger versions. Click on the text to view bibliographical records. View additional photographs of women in the suffrage movement from "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 . Use your browser's Back Button to return to this point.

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