what role did newspaper play during that time?
Local newspapers printed reports of the convention, some positive, others not.
Seneca Falls Convention
Local newspapers printed reports of the convention, some positive, others not.
this was the first public meeting about women's rights held in the united states The Seneca Falls Convention when was this convention held? It spanned two days over July 19–20, 1848. and where was it held? Wesleyan Chapel which matters were discussed in the first day of the convention? The question of whether men's signatures would be sought for the Declaration was discussed. how the religious people react to this convention? On Sunday, July 23, many who had attended, and more who had not, attacked the Convention, the Declaration of Sentiments, and the resolutions.
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Seneca Falls Convention [SEP] News reports
Local newspapers printed reports of the convention, some positive, others not. The "National Reformer" reported that the convention "forms an era in the progress of the age; it being the first convention of the kind ever held, and one whose influence shall not cease until woman is guaranteed all the rights now enjoyed by the other half of creation—Social, Civil and ." The "Oneida Whig" did not approve of the convention, writing of the Declaration: "This bolt is the most shocking and unnatural incident ever recorded in the history of womanity. If our ladies will insist on voting and legislating, where, gentleman, will be our dinners and our elbows? Where our domestic firesides and the holes in our stockings?" Soon, newspapers across the country picked up the story.