It was only a matter of time before they would collectively meet and form the Women"s Rights Movement.

             Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton met for the first time in London at the World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840. These two prominent women, along with many other females who attempted to attend the conference, were denied entrance into the meetings amongst the delegates because of their sex. In spite of their exclusion, Mott and Stanton did not let their time in London go to waste. They spent hours-discussing religion, social theories, and reform movements of the day. They also talked about women and their unjustified position in America. Many historians mark their meeting as the conception of the Women"s Rights Movement in the United States. However, in the book, Ladies of Seneca Falls, Miriam Gurko notes that, "the Women"s Movement may have been conceived at this moment in 1840, but its actual birth was delayed for eight years." .

             In July of 1848, Mott and Stanton would reunite. Along with a handful of other ladies, they drafted an announcement for a Women"s Rights Convention. This meeting took place on July 19-20, 1848 at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York. The organizers set aside the first day for women only and opened the second day to the public. Although this was a convention for women, at that time it was unheard of for a woman to serve as a chairperson, so James Mott (husband of Lucretia) was called on to serve as chair. Mrs. Mott delivered the first speech of the meeting. She set the emotional tone that would be followed by Stanton. .

             Stanton began by reading the "Declaration of Sentiments", an adaptation of the Declaration of Independence" written by Thomas Jefferson. The organizers felt that the "rights of man must include the rights of women". The women saw fit to include the words "and women" so that the Declaration begins by stating:.