 Today in 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention, the first major meeting to discuss the rights of women in the United States, opened in Seneca Falls, New York. Organized by local Quakers and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the two-day meeting featured discussions and debates on a document called the Declaration of Sentiments along with 11 other resolutions calling for equal rights for women. Stanton had authored the Declaration of Sentiments, modeling it closely after the Declaration of Independence.