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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wellman, Judith.

Series:

Women in American History

Women in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

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

Women's rights.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.

Woman's Rights Convention--(1st : 1848 : Seneca Falls, N.Y.).

Woman's Rights Convention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Feminists 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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

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

ISBN:

9786613895967

9781283583510

1283583518

9780252092824

0252092821

OCLC:

811409112