Wednesday, July 2, 2014

........Rolling in a RV - Wheelchair Traveling...... - Women's Rights National Historical Park




From the site: ........Rolling in a RV - Wheelchair Traveling...... - Women's Rights National Historical Park

  The World Anti Slavery Convention was held in London in 1840. About 300 delegates, most from England and the United States, attended. At first women were banned. After a day of discussion they were admitted but not permitted to participate. The women who met at the convention decided to organize their own convention for women’s rights. Eight years later the first convention was held in Seneca Falls, starting the women’s right movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who lived in Seneca Falls, wrote the Declaration of Sentiments which caused a stir across the country but changes were slow. 80 years passed before women were allowed to vote in federal elections and the fight for equal rights continues today.   The visitor cen ...Read more...




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