TURNING POINTS IN U.S. HISTORY WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT Pogo
Chapter 1 SENECA FALLS On July 19 1848 around 300 women and men met in a church It was in Seneca Falls New York They spoke about women’s rights and suffrage This is the right to vote At the time only men could vote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott led the meeting They wanted a say in the country’s laws But to have that they needed to vote So they fought for suffrage We call these women suffragettes Elizabeth Cady Stanton