One of the rights that was resolved in the Declaration of Sentiments was that, "We deplore the apathy and indifference of woman in regard to her rights, thus restricting her to an inferior position in social, religious, and political life, and we urge her to claim an equal right to act on all subjects that interest the human family"(Women's Suffrage 50). Although it was never written on paper, women gained a somewhat bigger role in society. Before women started fighting for themselves, they were just considered to complete domestic needs and to care for the children. As time went on and they started creating women's suffrage groups, they were able to increase their part in society.
Economic: At the Seneca Falls Convention, many resolutions of what to fight for in the Declaration of Sentiments were made. One of them included that because women are being taxed equally to men, they should have equal rights to men. "Taxation and representation are inseparable" (Women's Suffrage 50). This was a major issue to fight for mainly because of the countries past with this issue. During the American Revolution, Americans fought very hard for representation if they were being taxed. Since they could fight for representation if they had to pay taxes for Britain, then women should also be able to fight for equal representation if they had to pay taxes to their own country. Also as time passed between this period of women's rights suffrage and the one in the 1920's, the economic need for women in the workplace continued to increase. The industrialization of the country also attracted a lot of women workers because a lot of women needed some of these jobs more than men. The Seneca falls convention also solved an issue regarding property ownership, at least in New York. One of the grievances listed in the deceleration was, "He has taken from her all her right in the property, even tot he wages she earns"(Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls:Stanton and Anthony Papers Online), actually turned out to have a big effect because this was the reason for the New York's new Married Women's property Act of 1848.
After the Seneca falls convention, black men received the right to vote but women did not. Then, the National American Women's Suffrage Association was founded. This association was one of the major organizations fighting for women's rights. They discussed with topics pertaining to women's rights and issues of the day such as temperance. They fought for the right to vote so they could vote and make a difference regarding these issues. The idea of women suffrage was shocking to everyone. Even some women believed that it was not a good idea. The NAWSA scared the liquor companies too because they thought that if women were able to vote, they would vote against liquor. It scared men in general as well because they were not used to women being so involved in politics.
During this women's rights movement, they set the stage for what would come in the early 1900's. Throughout the first movement, they achieved a shocking amount of changes towards their rights. It was shocking because they started out with nothing. Also, it was very hard to be taken seriously enough to be heard in their many protests and conventions assembled by the numerous women's rights groups. The Seneca Falls convention created a huge breakthrough regarding women's place in society and what rights they would achieve towards equality. Even though they didn't necessarily gain that many rights immediately after the convention, they started clearing the way for future attempts at womens equality.