Women’s Rights National Historical Park - Seneca Falls, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Women's Rights National Historical Park was established in 1980 to "preserve and interpret for the education, inspiration and benefit of present and future generations, the nationally significant historical and cultural sites and structures associated with the struggle for equal rights for women and to cooperate with State and local entities to preserve the character and historic setting of such sites and structures."

Women’s Rights National Historical Park tells the story of the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, NY on July 19-20,1848. One hundred women and men met to further the cause of Women's Rights, notable the right to vote. They signed the Declaration of Sentiments, which delineated their position and goals. These included equal educational opportunities, the right to property and earnings, the right to the custody of children in the event of divorce or death of a spouse. This represented the formal beginning of a the Women's Rights Movement in the United States.

The museum contains artifacts of the Women's Rights movement and a collection of bronze statues of some of the notable persons that attended the Convention. The meeting was held in the Wesleyan Chapel on Fall Street, which is adjacent to the museum.

On the east external wall of the Wesleyan Chapel there is a nicely done bronze plaque identifying this as the site of the first Women's Rights Convention in the world. The plaque has a bas-relief image of a women's rights advocate in period clothing and the following inscription: