Pennsylvania Woman's Convention at West Chester in 1852

"[1] The original call was signed by Lucretia Mott, Sallie P. Lewis, and "sundry other fair revolutionists.

[3] Jacob Painter, a Quaker from Delaware County, suggested the location and the meeting was organized by Hannah M.

[7] Mott later discussed women's suffrage efforts that had taken place since the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.

[8] Later, they named the officers of the convention, with Mary Ann W. Johnson sitting as president.

[9] By the end of the morning session, the convention had resolved:"That women are entitled by natural right to equal participation with men in the political institutions required for the protection of the whole people; and that it is a gross inconsistency, and glaring exercise of arbitrary power, to compel women to pay taxes, while they are not permitted a voice in deciding the amount of those taxes, or the purposes to which they shall be applied.