Extraordinary Women Who Shaped American History. Women's EmancipationExtraordinary Women Who Shaped American History. Women's Emancipation

The program sheds light upon numerous struggles endured by women during their fight against prejudice along with how they eventually secured equal status alongside men today. During the era of the American Revolution and for several decades thereafter, women were regarded as property owned by men. They were subjected to discrimination and denied their civil liberties. It took years of unwavering effort and sacrifice by advocates for women's rights to rectify this situation. Obtaining women's suffrage - the right to vote - necessitated a long, grueling struggle that spanned nearly a century of conferences, protests, hunger strikes, speeches, lawsuits, lobbying efforts, and marches. The Seneca Falls Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York was largely organized by local Quakers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Billed as "a convention devoted to discussing the social condition and rights of women," it was America's first-ever gathering on behalf of female equality.