Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Womens Rights Movement (Pivotal Moments in American History)
of Sally G. McMillen
Description
In the 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 womens rights movement and change the course of history. In Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Womens Rights Movement, Sally McMillen reveals, for the first time, the full significance of that revolutionary convention and the enormous changes it produced. The book covers 50 years of womens activism, from 1840 to 1890, focusing on four extraordinary figures--Mott, Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony. McMillen tells the stories of their lives, how they came to take up the cause of womens rights, the astonishing advances they made during their lifetimes, and the far-reaching effects of the work they did. At the convention they asserted full equality with men, argued for greater legal rights, greater professional and education opportunities, and the right to vote--ideas considered wildly radical at the time. Indeed, looking back at the convention two years later, Anthony called it the grandest and greatest reform of all time.
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- Format E-book
- Pages 324 pages
- Publisher Not informed
- Publication Date Not informed
- First Publication 01/09/08
- Language English
- ISBN 9780195182651
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['Seneca Falls, New York (United States)']
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