As a member of the editorial committee for the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention, Foote was one of the signatories of the convention's Declaration of Sentiments. Her husband, Elisha, also was a signatory of the declaration. She was one of the five women who prepared the proceedings of the convention for publication.[8] Foote was a neighbor and friend of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.[9]