What was the name of the 1848 event regarded as the first U.S. women’s rights convention?

The Seneca Falls Convention was the first U.S. women’s rights convention.

Held in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19–20, 1848, the meeting was organized by local Quaker activists, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott. Its stated purpose was to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.

The convention produced the Declaration of Sentiments, which adapted the language of the Declaration of Independence to demand equality. A contentious resolution supporting women’s right to vote was retained after Frederick Douglass argued in favor of it. Exactly 100 attendees signed the document.

The convention did not immediately secure voting rights, and it was one step in a much longer movement. A second major meeting took place in Rochester, New York, two weeks later, which is why the two events are sometimes confused.