Historic Trails of
Franklin County

Celebrating 100 Years

Women’s Constitutional
Right to VOTE

“I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.“

Abigail Adams to John Adams,
June 1776

July 19-20, 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention, named because it was held in Seneca Falls, New York, women met to discuss equality and the right to vote.

 

It was not the first meeting in support of women’s rights, but it was the one to launch a national movement and cause.