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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462086203321

Autore

Wellman Judith

Titolo

The road to Seneca Falls [[electronic resource] ] : Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman's Rights Convention / / Judith Wellman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2004

ISBN

1-283-58351-8

9786613895967

0-252-09282-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Women in American history

Disciplina

305.42/092

B

Soggetti

Feminists - United States

Women's rights - New York (State) - Seneca Falls - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1. The context : converging paths -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton : growing up, 1815-35 -- Entering the world of reform : antislavery and women's rights, 1835-40 -- Communities in transition : Seneca Falls and Waterloo, 1795-1840 -- Part 2. The movements : parallel paths -- Minding the light : Quaker traditions in a changing world -- Seneca Falls : abolitionist ferment -- Women and legal reform in New York State -- Part 3. Converging paths : the event -- Adversity and transcendence, June 1847-June 1848 -- Declaring women's rights, July 1848 -- The road from Seneca Falls, 1848-1982.