The
National Women's Hall of Fame was established in 1969 in Seneca Falls, New York,
the birthplace of women's rights in America. In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Lucretia Mott and 300 other women held the first Women's Rights Convention in
Seneca Falls and adopted a Declaration of Sentiments, which was modeled after
the Declaration of Independence. This document included the demand for women to
have the right to vote. It took 72 years of struggles by courageous women and
men, but finally in 1920 women won the right to vote with the passage of the 19th
Amendment. The Hall is a permanent exhibit that honors the achievements in many
fields that great American women have made. Some of these women are listed here,
for a complete list -
www.greatwomen.org
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