Seneca Falls Convention of 1848

The issue of women's rights came to head in 1840 when the Anti-Slavery Convention was held in London. Arthur Tappan, member of the Anti-Slavery Society, made it clear that the convention was only for men. However, many British and American women delegates, including Mott and Stanton, attended on the first day to take their seat as official delegates. After hours of debate, only male delegates took the speaking floor. It was after the convention's first day that Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady-Stanton would meet. The two would walk arm in arm, with plans to organize their own convention.