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Seneca Falls and the origins of the women's rights movement, by Sally McMillen

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Seneca Falls and the origins of the women's rights movement, by Sally McMillen

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-295) and index

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portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Seneca Falls and the origins of the women's rights movement

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

156816872

Responsibility statement

by Sally McMillen

Series statement

Pivotal moments in American history

Summary

In a quiet town of Seneca Falls, New York, over the course of two days in July 1848, a small group of women and men, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, held a convention that would launch the woman's rights movement and change the course of history. The implications of the remarkable convention would be felt around the world and are still being felt today. Looking back at the convention two years later, Susan B. Anthony called it "the grandest and greatest reform of all time and destined to be thus regarded by the future historian." This author may well be the future historian Anthony was hoping to find

Table Of Contents

Separate spheres : law, faith, tradition -- Fashioning a better world -- Seneca Falls -- The women's movement begins, 1850-1860 -- War, disillusionment, division -- Friction and reunification, 1870-1890 -- Epilogue : "Make the world better" -- Appendix

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