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It marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement.
It was the first womens rights movement in the United States that set the stage for a furthering of women's social, political, and civil rights, and it shattered the Victorian model of what women and family should be.
The assembly of Virginia's House of Burgesses marked the beginning of an important precedent because it was the first of several smaller parliaments to convene in America. It was established in 1619.
The Seneca Falls convention of 1848 was for women's rights. During the convention, delegates fought over the sensitive issue of women's suffrage, prompting some to suggest excluding it. However, Frederick Douglass argued eloquently for its inclusion. One hundred signed the "Declaration of Sentiments" out of three hundred delegates.
It marked the signing of the declaration of independence.