InthequiettownofSenecaFalls,NewYork,overthecourseoftwodaysinJuly,1848,asmallgroupofwomenandmen,ledbyElizabethCadyStantonandLucretiaMott,heldaconventionthatwouldlaunchthewomen’srightsmovementandchangethecourseofhistory.InSenecaFallsandtheOriginsoftheWomen’sRightsMovement,SallyMcMillenreveals,forthefirsttime,thefullsignificanceofthatrevolutionaryconventionandtheenormouschangesitproduced.Thebookcovers50yearsofwomen’sactivism,from1840to1890,focusingonfourextraordinaryfigures--Mott,Stanton,LucyStone,andSusanB.Anthony.McMillentellsthestoriesoftheirlives,howtheycametotakeupthecauseofwomen’srights,theastonishingadvancestheymadeduringtheirlifetimes,andthefar-reachingeffectsoftheworktheydid.Attheconventiontheyassertedfullequalitywithmen,arguedforgreaterlegalrights,greaterprofessionalandeducationopportunities,andtherighttovote--ideasconsideredwildlyradicalatthetime.Indeed,lookingbackattheconventiontwoyearslater,Anthonycalledit“thegrandestandgreatestreformofalltime.“
INDEED ORIGINS NEWYORK NewYork RIGHTS WOMEN
