Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848, was the first women's rights convention held in the United States, and the birthplace of the feminist movement.
At this convention, the abolitionist Sojourner Truth gave her famous "Ain't I A Woman?" speech, pointing out that men who claimed that women were too "fragile" to participate fully in society and decision-making were quite willing to force black women to labor in the cotton fields.