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Women's Rights National Historical Park
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| NPS Photo | | Coline Jenkins (left) and Ellen Carol DuBois, Ph.D. (right). |
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Planning is underway for the 160th Anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention. Please contact our public affairs officer for the most current information and news release.
On July 19, 2008 the park will offer a full day of special programs including ranger guided walking tours, living history presentations, book signing events, new temporary exhibits, and a commemorative program on the 160th Anniversary of the Convention.
Women's historian, Ellen Carol DuBois will be joined by the great great granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Coline Jenkins at a ceremony commemorating the convention and the 100th Anniversary of the bronze plaque placed on the Wesleyan Chapel in 1908.
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Wesleyan Chapel (15 Photos)
The site of the First Women's Rights Convention held July 19 and 20, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York.
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160 years ago five women made history
Come celebrate with us, July 19
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Learn what happened in the Wesleyan Chapel in 1848
go to the history section
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Harriot Stanton Blatch continued the fight
Ellen DuBois, her biographer, will explain all about it in July
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Join the Friend's Group
Find out how here
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Did You Know?
Did you know when the announcement for the First Women's Rights Convention was printed in the newspaper, Lucretia Mott was the only organizer named?
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Last Updated: May 05, 2008 at 13:25 EST |
