n July 19-20. Attending were 68 women and 32 men7. These leaders of womens rights passed a Declaration of Sentiments, which paralleled the language of the Declaration of Independence and listed 16 forms of discrimination against women, including denial of suffrage and of control of their wages, their own persons, and their children8. Twelve resolutions calling for various rights were passed. Eleven received unanimous approval, whereas one, advocating the vote for women, was adopted over Motts opposition9. The convention was moved to Rochester, N.Y., two weeks later to win broader support for its goals. The Seneca Falls gathering established the womens rights cause as an organized movement. Although it started strong, the womens suffrage movement had to take a back seat to the Civil Rights Movement which granted Blacks the right to vote. As stated before, many of the activists in the womens movement were also quite active in the abolitionists movement. Before the Civil War, the womens rights movement became intertwined with the struggle to abolish slavery. Having two separate struggles for freedom of repressed groups being fought simultaneously was to much political activity for the public as well as the federal leaders to acknowledge10. As history proves, the Civil Rights movement, basically the Civil War, was given first priority. The Fifteenth Amendment, which grants the right to all citizens of the United States to vote without discrimination of race or color, was not only a victory for the Blacks, but to the womens rights movement as well. The feminist leaders, along with many followers, believed that if this country granted the right to vote to former slaves, the fight for women at the ballots would not be as difficult to win11. This inspired women to demand attention. Organizations previously mentioned, led by Stanton, Anthony, and others, toured the country gaining support. They marched, held hunger strikes, and p...
