Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, slavery abolitionists, host the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

       Postscript: The next day the three-hundred delegate convocation concluded with the signing of the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments (based on the unanimous Declaration (of Independence), by 68 women and 32 men:

       When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course.

       We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their powers from the consent of the governed.  Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these rights, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

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       The California Gold Rush begins: The New York Herald announces the discovery of gold in the Republic of California.

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