The Ladies of Seneca Falls
Gurko, Miriam
On July 13, 1848, five women conversed over tea in a small upstate New York town. The next day, the local newspaper carried their announcement inviting women to attend "A Convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.″ A few days later, the American woman's right movement became reality.Miriam Gurko traces the course of the movement from its origin in the Seneca Falls Convention through the passage of the...