Editing Seneca Falls Convention (section)

=== Morning session, day two ===

After Mott opened the meeting, the minutes of the previous day were read, and Stanton presented the Declaration of Sentiments. In regard to the grievance "He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns," Assemblyman Ansel Bascom stood to say that he had recently been at the New York State Assembly which passed the Married Woman's Property Act. Bascom spoke at length about the property rights it secured for married women, including property acquired after marriage.<ref name=McMillen92/> Further discussion of the Declaration ensued, including comments by [[Frederick Douglass]], Thomas and Mary Ann M'Clintock, and [[Amy Post]]; the document was adopted unanimously.<ref name="nps report">National Park Service. Women's Rights. [http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/report-of-the-womans-rights-convention.htm Report of the Woman's Rights Convention, July 19–20, 1848]. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.</ref> The question of men's signatures was solved by having two sections of signatures, one for women followed by one for men. One hundred of the 300<ref>Mani, 2007, p. 62.</ref> present signed the Declaration of Sentiments, including 68 women and 32 men.<ref>National Park Service. Women's Rights. [http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/signers-of-the-declaration-of-sentiments.htm ''Signers of the Declaration of Sentiments'']. Retrieved on April 24, 2009.</ref> Amelia Bloomer was one of the participants who did ''not'' endorse the Declaration; she was focused at that time on the [[temperance movement in the United States|temperance movement]].<ref>Bloomer, D. C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6b-xYhNvI3QC&pg=PA35 ''Life And Writings Of Amelia Bloomer''], 1895, p. 35.</ref> Ansel Bascom was the most conspicuous attendee who chose not to sign the Declaration.<ref>Stanton, 1997, p. 87.</ref> The ''National Reformer'' reported that those in the audience who evidently regarded the Declaration as "too bold and ultra", including the lawyers known to be opposed to the equal rights of women, "failed to call out any opposition, except in a neighboring <small>BAR-ROOM</small>."<ref name=NatReformer/>