Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Sentiments adopted at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the principal author of the Declaration of Sentiments adopted at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.

Stanton drafted the document with the model of the United States Declaration of Independence in mind. It argued that women were entitled to civil, social, political, and religious equality, and it presented a list of grievances concerning women's legal and civic position.

Lucretia Mott was a key organizer of the convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19 and 20, 1848. Frederick Douglass attended and supported the resolution calling for women's voting rights, which was the most controversial of the document's resolutions.

The declaration was signed by 100 people: 68 women and 32 men. Susan B. Anthony was an important later suffrage leader, but she did not attend the Seneca Falls Convention and was not the document's principal author.