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Women's Rights and Suffrage

Question 4 • EAP-Virginia and US History A CR

Which of the following is considered to be the first major event of the women's movement?

Answer
A
the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention
B
the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
C
the Second Continental Congress
D
the Married Women’s Property Act

Explanation

The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention is widely considered the first major event of the organized women’s rights movement in the United States. At the convention, attendees discussed women’s legal and political rights and issued the Declaration of Sentiments. The 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention helped inspire some women’s rights activists, but it was not itself a women’s rights convention.

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