On this day in 1848, 300 people gathered for the first woman’s rights convention in the United States. The Seneca Falls Convention adopted a Declaration of Sentiments that proclaimed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal.” www.nps.gov/wori/learn/h...

Declaration of Sentiments - Women's Rights National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)www.nps.gov