The central idea of the paragraph is that the women's suffrage movement gained momentum in the mid-nineteenth century, highlighted by the organization of the first convention for women's rights in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, prompted by their exclusion from the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention.
Read the following paragraph from the text and identify the central idea
Although many women had been advocating for voting rights for years, the women’s suffrage movement began to pick up steam in the mid-nineteenth century. A major milestone for the movement occurred in 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention for women’s rights in Seneca Falls, New York. The two women also supported the abolition of slavery. They came up with the idea for the women’s rights convention after women were barred from participating in the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.
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Although many women had been advocating for voting rights for years, the women’s suffrage movement began to pick up steam in the mid-nineteenth century.
Although many women had been advocating for voting rights for years, the women’s suffrage movement began to pick up steam in the mid-nineteenth century.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention for women’s rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention for women’s rights.
Stanton and Mott also supported the abolition of slavery.
Stanton and Mott also supported the abolition of slavery.
Women were barred from participating in the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention.
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Although many women had been advocating for voting rights for years, the women’s suffrage movement began to pick up steam in the mid-nineteenth century.
Although many women had been advocating for voting rights for years, the women’s suffrage movement began to pick up steam in the mid-nineteenth century.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention for women’s rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention for women’s rights.
Stanton and Mott also supported the abolition of slavery.
Stanton and Mott also supported the abolition of slavery.
Women were barred from participating in the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention.
Although many women had been advocating for voting rights for years, the women’s suffrage movement began to pick up steam in the mid-nineteenth century.