"This is the story of America. Of women and men
who defy the odds and never give up."
-Hillary Clinton, former Senator and Secretary of State
Long-Term Impact
In the years following the Seneca Falls Convention, women slowly began to gain more rights in many areas, including in the home, workplace, education, sports, and government. Today, women are lawyers, CEOs, company owners, soldiers, members of legislatures, Supreme Court Justices, and many other positions that were not available to them in the past. The rights of women are still continuing to change as a road is paved toward true equality. "For instance, equal pay for equal work is yet to be accomplished” (Jenkins).
Coline Jenkins (Beckers)
"My name is Coline Jenkins. I am the great-great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I am also the great-granddaughter of Harriot Stanton Blatch, who was instrumental in organizing the woman’s suffrage in New York state, which granted women the right to vote in 1917. I am also the granddaughter of Nora Stanton Blatch Deforest Barney, who was the first female civil engineer in the United States, graduating from Cornell University, 1905. My mother, Rhoda Barney Jenkins, was an architect. In other words, I am a direct matrilineal descendant of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. My chief point is that every generation of the women in my family has done something for the advancement of women’s status" (Jenkins).
Hillary Clinton's Speech at the 160th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention
"And so dawned a struggle for the right to vote that would last 72 years, handed down by mother to daughter to granddaughter and a few sons and grandsons along the way. " -Hillary Clinton (Seneca Falls Dialogues)
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"And after so many decades, 88 years ago on this very day, the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote became enshrined in our Constitution." (Seneca Falls Dialogues)
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"Descendants of Suffrage Movement Rally for 100th Anniversary for Right-to-Vote March"
"Each woman had a broad enough perspective to realize that it's not just about the here and the now, what's in it for me. It's about the many ("Descendants")
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"I suspect they'd be truly impressed by how far we'd come and that they wouldn't have their banners tucked away; they'd still be marching for something and encouraging me and others to do the same." ("Descendants")
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