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Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921


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The first convention ever called to discuss the civil and political rights of women, Seneca Falls, N.Y., July 19, 20, 1848. Woman's rights convention.

Woman's Rights Convention 1848 : Seneca Falls, N.Y.) (1st :

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[n.p., 18--]

NOTES
Caption title.

"This call was published in the Seneca County courier, July 14, 1848, without any signatures. The movers of this convention, who drafted the call, the declaration and resolutions were Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Martha C. Wright, Mary Ann McClintock, and Jane C. Hunt"--Footnote.

Includes p. [1] first and closing paragraphs of Mrs. Stanton's address.

SUBJECTS
Women's rights--United States--Congresses.

RELATED NAMES
National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
8 p. 22 cm.

CALL NUMBER
HQ1403 .W6 1848

PART OF
National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)

DIGITAL ID
rbnawsa n7548 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbnawsa.n7548

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