Women have always fought for their right to vote, the right to have an abortion, equal pay with men, the ability to join the armed forces, just to name a few . The most important women's rights movement was headed to Seneca Falls, New York. The movement became known as the Seneca Falls Convention and was led by women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton between July 19 and 20, 1848. Stanton created this convention in New York due to a visit by Lucretia Mott from Boston. Mott was an excellent Quaker public speaker, abolitionist and social reformer. She was a supporter of women's rights. The meeting lasted just two days and was divided into six sessions, which included legal lectures, humorous presentations and discussions on the role of women in society. The conference was organized by a mostly radical group of Quakers while ironically their leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a non-Quaker skeptic. Stanton and his Quaker followers presented to the convention a document entitled Declaration of Sentiments, which was accompanied by a list of resolutions that were to be discussed by the convention members before it was signed. One hundred of the three hundred attendees at the Seneca Falls Convention signed the Declaration of Sentiments. The Seneca Falls Convention was simply a step in the right direction for the women's rights movement; it was seen as a revolution in which women desperately fought for equality with their male counterparts. The Declaration of Sentiments became a foundational document for women's suffrage, as it was the first time men and women came together to demand women's right to vote. Women's suffrage gained national attention thanks to conventio...... middle of paper......r corporations. Women have held government positions, Senate seats, House seats, and even Congress. We also had a woman run for president and two different women win the office of vice president. Women have been secretaries of state; House Speakers and even gubernatorial seats, just to name a few. To quote Bob Dylan's famous song, “The Times They Are a Changing”. For better or worse is yet to be determined, but change for the United States of America is certainly inevitable in this day and age. Bibliography • Mohr, James C. Abortion in America, The Origins and Evolution of National Policy, 1800-1900. 1978. Print.• Colman, Penny. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, a friendship that changed the world. Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 2011. Print.• Karr, Justin. Women's rights. Green Haven, 2007.