Seneca Falls

Author : Judith Wellman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780252092824

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The Road to Seneca Falls by Judith Wellman Pdf

Feminists from 1848 to the present have rightly viewed the Seneca Falls convention as the birth of the women's rights movement in the United States and beyond. In The Road To Seneca Falls, Judith Wellman offers the first well documented, full-length account of this historic meeting in its contemporary context. The convention succeeded by uniting powerful elements of the antislavery movement, radical Quakers, and the campaign for legal reform under a common cause. Wellman shows that these three strands converged not only in Seneca Falls, but also in the life of women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It is this convergence, she argues, that foments one of the greatest rebellions of modern times. Rather than working heavy-handedly downward from their official "Declaration of Sentiments," Wellman works upward from richly detailed documentary evidence to construct a complex tapestry of causes that lay behind the convention, bringing the struggle to life. Her approach results in a satisfying combination of social, community, and reform history with individual and collective biographical elements. The Road to Seneca Falls challenges all of us to reflect on what it means to be an American trying to implement the belief that "all men and women are created equal," both then and now. A fascinating story in its own right, it is also a seminal piece of scholarship for anyone interested in history, politics, or gender.

Author : Sally McMillen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0199758603

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Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement by Sally McMillen Pdf

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 that remarkable convention would be felt around the world and indeed are still being felt today. In Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Woman's Rights Movement, the latest contribution to Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments in American History series, Sally McMillen unpacks, for the first time, the full significance of that revolutionary convention and the enormous changes it produced. The book covers 50 years of women's activism, from 1840-1890, focusing on four extraordinary figures--Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony. McMillen tells the stories of their lives, how they came to take up the cause of women's rights, the astonishing advances they made during their lifetimes, and the lasting and transformative 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--and destined to be thus regarded by the future historian." In this lively and warmly written study, Sally McMillen may well be the future historian Anthony was hoping to find. A vibrant portrait of a major turning point in American women's history, and in human history, this book is essential reading for anyone wishing to fully understand the origins of the woman's rights movement.

Author : Lisa Tetrault
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469614274

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The Myth of Seneca Falls by Lisa Tetrault Pdf

Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898

Author : Miriam Gurko
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1987-12-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780805205459

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The Ladies of Seneca Falls by Miriam Gurko Pdf

On July 13, 1848, five women conversed over tea in a small upstate New York town. The next day, the local newspaper carried their announcement inviting women to attend “A Convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.″ A few days later, the American woman's right movement became reality. Miriam Gurko traces the course of the movement from its origin in the Seneca Falls Convention through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. She examines each of the movement's founders—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and others—to show the various backgrounds from which their feminist consciousness sprang and the unique contribution that each made to the destiny of the movement. This straightforward, comprehensive history of the early years of the woman's rights movement in America is essential background reading for anyone involved with women's studies. With 34 black-and-white illustrations

Author : Karen Schwabach
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593125052

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Starting from Seneca Falls by Karen Schwabach Pdf

Celebrate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment with another historical novel about women's suffrage from the author of The Hope Chest! Bridie's life has been a series of wrongs. The potato famine in Ireland. Being sent to the poorhouse when her mother's new job in America didn't turn out the way they'd hoped. Becoming an orphan. And then there's the latest wrong--having to work for a family so abusive that Bridie is afraid she won't survive. So she runs away to Seneca Falls, New York, which in 1848 is a bustling town full of possibility. There, she makes friends with Rose, a girl with her own list of wrongs, but with big dreams, too. Rose helps Bridie get a job with the strangest lady she's ever met, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Mrs. Stanton is planning a convention to talk about the rights of women. For Bridie and Rose, it's a new idea, that women and girls could have a voice. But they sure are sick of all the wrongs. Maybe it's time to fight for their rights!

Author : Gwenyth Swain
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0876149476

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The Road to Seneca Falls by Gwenyth Swain Pdf

A biography of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, one of the organizers of the country's first women's rights convention, which took place in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.

Author : Frances T. Barbieri,Kathy Jans-Duffy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-16
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439637647

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Seneca Falls by Frances T. Barbieri,Kathy Jans-Duffy Pdf

A village located along the Seneca River, Seneca Falls was incorporated in 1831 and was soon linked to the Erie Canal by the Cayuga Seneca Canal. The women's suffrage movement was born in Seneca Falls when the first Women's Rights Convention, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was held on July 19 and 20, 1848. Seneca County and Seneca Falls were also part of the Underground Railroad, and prominent citizens such as Ansel Bascom and Henry Seymour worked with freedom seekers in the decades before the Civil War. The town's knitting mills produced socks for the army during the war, second only to New York City in production. Many famous people also came to Seneca Falls to rally around the town's causes, among them are Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass, Garrett Smith, and Susan B. Anthony.

Author : Deborah Kent
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766078925

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The Seneca Falls Convention by Deborah Kent Pdf

They were two days that changed the world. The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was the first of its kind to address the topic of women’s rights. Featuring excerpts from primary sources, images, and sidebars, this informative volume describes the low status held by nineteenth-century women, and how a handful of key players sought to achieve equal rights during this convention that spawned a greater movement.

Author : Lisa Tetrault
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469614281

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The Myth of Seneca Falls by Lisa Tetrault Pdf

The story of how the women's rights movement began at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 is a cherished American myth. The standard account credits founders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott with defining and then leading the campaign for women's suffrage. In her provocative new history, Lisa Tetrault demonstrates that Stanton, Anthony, and their peers gradually created and popularized this origins story during the second half of the nineteenth century in response to internal movement dynamics as well as the racial politics of memory after the Civil War. The founding mythology that coalesced in their speeches and writings--most notably Stanton and Anthony's History of Woman Suffrage--provided younger activists with the vital resource of a usable past for the ongoing struggle, and it helped consolidate Stanton and Anthony's leadership against challenges from the grassroots and rival suffragists. As Tetrault shows, while this mythology has narrowed our understanding of the early efforts to champion women's rights, the myth of Seneca Falls itself became an influential factor in the suffrage movement. And along the way, its authors amassed the first archive of feminism and literally invented the modern discipline of women's history. 2015 Mary Jurich Nickliss Prize, Organization of American Historians

Author : Stephanie Stidham Rogers
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Suffragists
ISBN : 9781666950137

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Suffragist Migration West After Seneca Falls 1848-1871 by Stephanie Stidham Rogers Pdf

"This book explores the link between Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Conference of 1848, and the Women's Suffrage Bill, unveiling Catherine Paine Blaine's journey within the Suffragist movement, highlighting her advocacy within the Suffragist history in Washington State and the Western US"--

Author : Sandra S. Weber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Government publications
ISBN : MINN:31951002934831P

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Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca Falls, New York by Sandra S. Weber Pdf

Author : Seneca County (N.Y.). Board of Supervisors
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112097776873

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The Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Seneca County by Seneca County (N.Y.). Board of Supervisors Pdf

Author : Walter Gable
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625851611

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Seneca County and the Civil War by Walter Gable Pdf

Though hundreds of miles away from the death and destruction of the battlefield, Seneca County, New York, contributed more than its share for the preservation of the Union. Many brave men left home to fight, suffering hardships and casualties. John Hoster was captured in 1864 and held at the infamous Andersonville prison camp, and his journal has provided invaluable insight into what soldiers held there endured. At home, Seneca farmers fed Lincoln's hungry army, and the legend of the Scythe Tree is a reminder of those who never returned from battle. After the war, Waterloo's celebration in remembrance of fallen soldiers was mimicked around the country, and Waterloo is recognized as the official birthplace of Memorial Day. Local historian Walter Gable recounts the remarkable story of Seneca County during the Civil War.

Author : Jesse J. Thoma
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781626390973

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Seneca Falls by Jesse J. Thoma Pdf

Seneca King is alone in life, the pain of her past her only companion. The idyllic confines of the women's college Seneca attends prove more isolating than she imagined possible, and her scars, emotional and physical, deter everyone from getting close to her. Until she meets Dylan Walker. Dylan, a college senior, sees more to Seneca than the fragile body and tortured soul. Dylan is looking for something real in her life, not the unattainable expectations of her family, or the superficial friendships she thought would last a lifetime. There is nothing more real than Seneca King. Carefully, slowly, they begin a delicate courtship, helping each other learn the meaning of true love. But when her dark past once again steps out of the shadows, Seneca is dragged back into the world that broke her in the first place. Can Dylan and Seneca stand together to vanquish the past once and for all, or this time, will it end up breaking them both?

Author : Walter Gable
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467136549

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Historic Tales of Seneca County, New York by Walter Gable Pdf

Located in the Finger Lakes region of New York, Seneca County has a fascinating history. Early settlers courageously fought off wild animals from wolves to panthers to tame the land and keep the new settlements safe. The rise and fall of the mill industry led to the demise of ghost towns like the Kingdom. The jailhouse murder of John Walters in 1887 fostered improved conditions in the county jail. From the first home-run hitter in major-league baseball to the insidious activity of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and the unfortunate burning of a traveling embalmed whale, author and historian Walter Gable shares many of the defining moments of Seneca County history.