LEADER 04098nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910966006003321 005 20250905110045.0 010 $a9786613895967 010 $a9781283583510 010 $a1283583518 010 $a9780252092824 010 $a0252092821 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241154 035 $a(EBL)3414013 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000745586 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11470300 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000745586 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10852871 035 $a(PQKB)10899257 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414013 035 $a(OCoLC)811409112 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23892 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414013 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10593685 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389596 035 $a(OCoLC)923494832 035 $a(PPN)257338403 035 $a(Perlego)2382649 035 $a(ODN)ODN0001438035 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241154 100 $a20030729d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe road to Seneca Falls $eElizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman's Rights Convention /$fJudith Wellman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 225 0 $aWomen in American history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780252071737 311 08$a0252071735 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-286) and index. 327 $aPart 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. 330 8 $aFeminists from 1848 to the present have rightly viewed the Seneca Falls convention as the birth of the women's rights movement in the United States and beyond. In The Road To Seneca Falls, Judith Wellman offers the first well documented, full-length account of this historic meeting in its contemporary context. The convention succeeded by uniting powerful elements of the antislavery movement, radical Quakers, and the campaign for legal reform under a common cause. Wellman shows that these three strands converged not only in Seneca Falls, but also in the life of women's rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It is this convergence, she argues, that foments one of the greatest rebellions of modern times.Rather than working heavy-handedly downward from their official "Declaration of Sentiments, " Wellman works upward from richly detailed documentary evidence to construct a complex tapestry of causes that lay behind the convention, bringing the struggle to life. Her approach results in a satisfying combination of social, community, and reform history with individual and collective biographical elements. The Road to Seneca Falls challenges all of us to reflect on what it means to be an American trying to implement the belief that "all men and women are created equal, " both then and now. A fascinating story in its own right, it is also a seminal piece of scholarship for anyone interested in history, politics, or gender. 410 0$aWomen in American History 606 $aFeminists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen's rights$zNew York (State)$zSeneca Falls$xHistory 615 0$aFeminists 615 0$aWomen's rights$xHistory. 676 $a305.42/092 676 $aB 700 $aWellman$b Judith$0894977 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966006003321 996 $aThe road to Seneca Falls$94366007 997 $aUNINA