Women's Suffrage and New York History
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Seneca Falls Convention (Women’s Suffrage)
1.) What events led up to the decision to have a women’s rights convention?
Boylan, Anne. "Women and Politics in the Era before Seneca Falls." Journal of the Early Republic 10 (1990): 363-382.
This journal goes in detail to explain women’s rights prior to the Seneca Falls Convention. Before Seneca Falls, women’s lack of social standing coupled with little to no political rights left them searching for a way to move up in the societal ranks. Boylan explains this through writing about the era before Seneca Falls.
2.) Where did Seneca Fall leaders get their ideas for social/political reform?
Douglas, Carol. "National Women's Studies Association: Seneca Falls Revisited." Off Our Backs 28 (1998): 1, 6-11.
Douglas writes about how Indian women were the inspirtation for many white women seeking equality. They laughed at the idea of being a man’s property, and gave women the confidence required to form a convention based on women’s rights.
3.) Who went to the Seneca Falls conventions?
The Ladies of Seneca Falls: The Birth of the Woman's Rights Movement by Miriam Gurko
(Review by: Ellen Dwyer
Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 71, No. 3 (September 1975), pp. 282-283)
In this book, Gurko writes about who went to the convention. The demographics speak to the priorities of the convention. The involvement of men is also discussed, men such as Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists.
4.) What were the original goals of the Seneca Falls Convention? How/When/Why did they change?
Expectant At Seneca Falls
SHERRY H. PENNEY, JAMES D. LIVINGSTON
New York History, Vol. 84, No. 1 (WINTER 2003), pp. 32-49
The Seneca Falls convention was first based on social equality, equal pay, and women in the job market. Suffrage seemed like an impossible goal for some women. Others felt that it was the most pressing issue for women. In discussing the goals of Seneca Falls, it is crucial to discuss
Seneca Falls Convention (Women’s Suffrage)
1.) What events led up to the decision to have a women’s rights convention?
Boylan, Anne. "Women and Politics in the Era before Seneca Falls." Journal of the Early Republic 10 (1990): 363-382.
This journal goes in detail to explain women’s rights prior to the Seneca Falls Convention. Before Seneca Falls, women’s lack of social standing coupled with little to no political rights left them searching for a way to move up in the societal ranks. Boylan explains this through writing about the era before Seneca Falls.
2.) Where did Seneca Fall leaders get their ideas for social/political reform?
Douglas, Carol. "National Women's Studies Association: Seneca Falls Revisited." Off Our Backs 28 (1998): 1, 6-11.
Douglas writes about how Indian women were the inspirtation for many white women seeking equality. They laughed at the idea of being a man’s property, and gave women the confidence required to form a convention based on women’s rights.
3.) Who went to the Seneca Falls conventions?
The Ladies of Seneca Falls: The Birth of the Woman's Rights Movement by Miriam Gurko
(Review by: Ellen Dwyer
Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 71, No. 3 (September 1975), pp. 282-283)
In this book, Gurko writes about who went to the convention. The demographics speak to the priorities of the convention. The involvement of men is also discussed, men such as Frederick Douglass and other abolitionists.
4.) What were the original goals of the Seneca Falls Convention? How/When/Why did they change?
Expectant At Seneca Falls
SHERRY H. PENNEY, JAMES D. LIVINGSTON
New York History, Vol. 84, No. 1 (WINTER 2003), pp. 32-49
The Seneca Falls convention was first based on social equality, equal pay, and women in the job market. Suffrage seemed like an impossible goal for some women. Others felt that it was the most pressing issue for women. In discussing the goals of Seneca Falls, it is crucial to discuss