people reactions to the seneca falls convention?

Answer 1

Many people were swayed toward the women's suffrage movement, but others were alienated. Here's the background.

In Revolutionary times, Abigail Adams (wife of the second president, John Adams) found fault with both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S Constitution because neither document specifically mentions women.

By 1848, fueled by the anit-slavery movement, a group of men and women met in Seneca Falls, NY, a center of much activity at the time. The Seneca River had just been connected to the Erie Canal, hydrolic power was used by the textile mills, and it was a popular place of departure to the west.

This group discussed righting the evils of the world. Among them, was the second-class citizenship of women. The produced "Sentiments," using language directly from the Declaration of Independence (but replacing "King George" with "all men") and the Bill of Rights, authored primarily by James Madison.

About one and a quarter centuries later, people in the United States tried to pass an amendament to the Constitution, called the Equal Rights Amendment, which extended the same rights guaranteed to white men to all people in this country. It failed to be ratified.

And, it still hasn't been.

Maybe your generation will have a better chance at success!