Editing Seneca Falls Convention (section)

=== Morning session ===

[[File:Mott Lucretia Painting Kyle 1841.jpg|thumb|[[Lucretia Mott]] was described as "the moving spirit of the occasion".<ref name=McMillen90/>]]

Starting at 11 o'clock, [[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]] spoke first, exhorting each woman in the audience to accept responsibility for her own life, and to "understand the height, the depth, the length, and the breadth of her own degradation."<ref name=McMillen90/> [[Lucretia Mott]] then spoke, encouraging all to take up the cause. Stanton read the Declaration of Sentiments in its entirety, then re-read each paragraph so that it could be discussed at length, and changes incorporated. The question of whether men's signatures would be sought for the Declaration was discussed, with the vote looking favorable for including men, but the motion was tabled until the following day when men themselves could participate.<ref name=Wellman195>Wellman, 2004, p. 195.</ref> The first session adjourned at 2:30&nbsp;p.m.<ref>McMillen, 2008, p. 91.</ref>