The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848

question 77

Multiple Choice

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848

• A) established equal rights as the basis of the early women's rights movement.
• B) was a gathering of mostly working-class women.
• C) focused entirely on the issue of women's suffrage.
• D) opposed the right to vote for women.
• E) affirmed the cult of domesticity.

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