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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are barred from attending world anti slavery Convention held in London. This Promts them to hold one on U.S.
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Seneca Falls, New York is the location for the first women's rights convention. Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes the "Declaration of Sentiments" creating the agenda of women activism for decades to come
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The First state constitution in California extends property rights to women.
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Frederick Douglass, Paulina Wright Davis, Abby Kelley Foster, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucy Stone, and sojourner truth are in attendance to first national women's rights convention. Strong alliance formed with abolitionist movement.
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Ratification of the 14th amendment declaring "All persons born or naturalized in the U.S., and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U.S. and of the states wherein they reside and that right may not be denied to any of the male inhabitants of any such state being 21 years of age and citizens of the U.S.
