the early feminist, elizabeth cady stanton, found an ally in lucretia mott, an ardent abolitionist, when the two met in 1840 at an anti-slavery conference in london. once the conference began, it was apparent to the two women that female delegates were not welcome. barred from speaking and appearing on the convention floor, cady stanton and mott protested by leaving the convention hall, taking other female delegates with them. it was then that cady stanton proposed to mott a women's rights convention that would address the social, civil and religious rights of women. the convention would be put on hold until eight years later, when the two organized the first women's rights convention, held in seneca falls, new york, in 1848.
at that meeting, cady stanton presented a "declaration of sentiments," based on the declaration of independence, and lis
