There is no doubt that one of the most monumental events of the American women`s rights movement was the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. At this convention, women started to speak out and announced the Declaration of Sentiments. This convention was promoted by two famous leaders of the early American women`s rights movement, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. They had two things in common: they were abolitionists and also ardent followers of William Lloyd Garrison. In addition to these two women, there were many other famous pioneers of the American women`s rights movement: Maria Weston Chapman, Lydia Maria Child, and Abbey Kelley, who were so-called “Garrisonians.” From these facts, several questions came to my mind: Why did these early leaders of the American women`s rights movement start their careers as abolitionists? And then why did these women follow Garrison, instead of Tappanites who took different a path from Garrisonian abolitionism by focusing on political abolitionism? What did they learn from Garrison`s strategies and tactics for their own movement? What happened to Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott at the 1840 World`s Anti-Slavery Convention in London? To obtain answers to these questions, I focused on the motives and purposes of the women who had participated actively in the anti-slavery movement during the 1830s. Also, I researched the origins of schism of anti-slavery societies comparing the Garrisonians and Tappanites, particularly focusing on the “women question.” Garrison had persistently stood on the side of women during these schisms. Finally, I explained the debates between pro-woman factions and opposition groups on the “women question” at the 1840 World`s Anti-Slavery Convention in London. At this convention, Garrison took the tactic of silence and some women who had participated in the convention followed him. From these experiences, Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott soon decided to promote their own convention for a women`s rights movement. Their decision was realized as the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. (Pyeongtaek University / shson@ptu.ac.kr )