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Primary Sources

The North Star Editorial. Digital image. United State Census. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Jan. 2016.
<http://www.census.gov/content/census-sis/index/research/By-Historical-Era/expansion-and-reform/_thenorth-star_-editorial--the-rights-ofwomen/_jcr_content/centralactivityresource.resourceimg.jpg/1374950014874.jpg>.
This is a digital image of the North Star Editorial. Frederick Douglass wrote a review on the
Seneca Falls Convention. This source is extremely helpful to us because since Frederick Douglass
attended the Convention, he had exclusive detail. The information was first hand so we know it can be
trusted.
Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 3
Jan. 2016. <http://1.bp.blogspot.com/HI1nz38B7Dk/VNQd2RpcqUI/AAAAAAAAJoo/FRNKCLspfJ4/s1600/1395755816000-roc56jgrdrr3qttkcrr2xt-original.jpg>.
This photo illustrates Susan B Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton signing the
Declaration of Sentiments. This image greatly helped us because it informed us on who signed the
document, and what the leaders of the Convention looked like.
Women's Rights Convention location. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2016.
<http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jnn46UU6sGY/T5QnEsJjjzI/AAAAAAAAI70/MChppao-J1U/s1600/june14-001.jpg>.
This image shows the monument that was placed in remembrance of the Seneca Falls
Convention in 1848. This photo helped us because it tells me the location of where this Convention took
place.
Women hold up a banner with a quote. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2016.
<https://propresobama.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/no-self-respecting-woman.jpg>.
This image contains a quote written by Susan B. Anthony. This source is useful because it shows
how Susan felt during that time in history.
Seneca Falls Convention Invitation. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Jan. 2016.
<http://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/images/Call-to-SF-convention-Seneca-County-Courier-July11-1848small.jpg>.
This photo is the invitation to the Convention. This was helpful because we knew at what time
the Convention was held, who could attend on what days and who will be there.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, Ann D. Gordon, and Susan B. Anthony. The Selected Papers of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Vol. 1. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1997. Print.
This source was the most helpful for our Seneca Falls Convention tab. It included the entire
Declaration of Sentiments. It stated what happened the day before the Convention and the thursday
morning in an quick, yet understandable manner.

Johnson Lewis, Jone. "The Beginning? Seneca Falls Womens Rights Convention in 1848."
About.com Education. N.p., 28 Nov. 2014. Web. 03 Jan. 2016.
<http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage1848/a/seneca_falls.htm>.
This article is useful because it shows the idea of the Convention. This source helped us because
it shows vivid detail of the Convention. It gives us background information on the women and what they
were about. It also offers tremendous help because it explains what happened on the days of the
Convention and the reaction to it, which is something we did not read anywhere else.
Women create signs that say "Vote" Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SgZWclWhshxXSF9W0MQKnKTGmfJJsW0BGEVRzPV1BE9mxtOoW-lQI3h9I_hGJNYm-qKxA=s165>.
This image is a representation of what women did to promote their voting rights. You can
see various women holding up signs with the word "Vote" on them. This image is helpful because
it accentuates the fact that women promoted their beliefs even in the simplest ways.
Women vote. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_nXk11ut8d21AsjV45Sj9NgVEBsuTT1sv_YbGa3GGJwy8njnTTLuZL2VBXUyo0uNvN6Qw=s113>.
This image shows women voting, something they'd been fighting for for the longest. This is
helpful because it portrays something that women wanted. They had been given the right to vote,
something that was a great part of the women's rights movement.
Women vote. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/68RDNnh4dhOCaf0ZhAnApeN9f4R_asB61dNldbW4ebuv8fr6KtGN7
VFhFBuGfHu1RcOD=s85>.
In this picture, you can see two women with their backs turned getting ready to vote. This picture
was taken in the 1920's which was the decade that followed the year women's voting rights were granted.
It is helpful because you can see how women prepared to vote.
Seneca Falls Convention Drawing. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2016. <http://62956599407194071449711020.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/6/2/9/5/62956599/621749155.jpg>.

This digital drawing shows a visual representation of everyone who was there and how it was set
up. It helped us because it influence our perspective on the convention.
Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2016. <Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2016.
<http://62956599407194071449711020.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/6/2/9/5/62956599/126512167.png >.>.
This digital photo shows a powerful message on how women should be treated just as equal as
men. This has greatly influenced us because it shows how hard they worked to accomplish their goal.

Secondary Sources
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Historian,Women in
Congress, 19172006. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007. The Womens Rights
Movement, 18481920,http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/WIC/Historical-Essays/NoLady/Womens-Rights/ (December 30, 2015)
This source was about the Seneca Falls Convention, The National Womens Suffrage
Association, and basically all of the things that occurred during the Womens Rights Movement. This
article helped build our foundation in this topic because all of the basic information was presented here
.
Imbornoni, Ann-Marie. "Women's Rights Movement in the U.S." Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web.
02 Jan. 2016. <http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html#WHM-1800>.
This source is a timeline so we can see when events in Women's Rights Movement happened
and we were provided with a few extra details. It is helpful to us and our project because we can see
where it all started and how things escalated after the Convention.
Tone, Andrea. The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin,
1998. N. pag. Print.
This is a small portion of a book, but it had information on the Seneca Falls Convention. It talks
about how more meetings were held after this Convention. It has small but important details about
Stanton and Mott and it helps us understand how their meeting came to be.

"Seneca Falls | National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution." Seneca Falls | National Portrait
Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Jan. 2016.
<http://npg.si.edu/col/seneca/senfalls1.htm>.
The following source displays what happened during the Womens Rights Movements in
chronological order. This source is approved because it shows a timeline through words displaying all the
events.
"Seneca Falls Convention." History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online.
N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Jan. 2016. <http://www.historynet.com/seneca-falls-convention>.
This website was very sourceful because it shows all the basic information needed about the
Seneca Falls Convention in a unique way. This source helped us because it shows the
generalization of this event.

"The Seneca Falls Convention (Reason): American Treasures of the Library of Congress." The
Seneca Falls Convention (Reason): American Treasures of the Library of Congress. N.p., n.d. Web. 03
Jan. 2016. <https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr040.html>.
The following overview was useful because it shows more information about Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, and the Seneca Falls Convention. It gave us links to other reviews on the Convention, which is
where we obtained Frederick Douglass review. It was helpful because we got to know more about other
peoples thoughts on the Convention.
"Seneca Falls Convention, 1848." Seneca Falls Convention, 1848. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Jan. 2016.
<http://faculty.uml.edu/sgallagher/SenecaFalls.htm>.
The following website was sourceful because it gave information on womens history and a brief
summary of the Seneca Falls Convention. We approve of this source because it gives mandatory, needed
and basic information which helped us build the principles of our project.
Johnson Lewis, Jone. "The Beginning? Seneca Falls Womens Rights Convention in 1848."
About.com Education. N.p., 28 Nov. 2014. Web. 03 Jan. 2016.
<http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage1848/a/seneca_falls.htm>.
This article is useful because it shows the idea of the Convention. This source helped us because
it shows vivid detail of the Convention. It gives us background information on the women and what they
were about. It also offers tremendous help because it explains what happened on the days of the
Convention and the reaction to it, which is something we did not read anywhere else.

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