ISBN:
9781435638792
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1435638794
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0195182650
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9780195182651
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9780198040262
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0198040261
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 310 p.)
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ports.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Pivotal moments in American history
Parallel Title:
Print version Seneca Falls and the origins of the women's rights movement
DDC:
305.42097309034
Keywords:
Woman's Rights Convention Woman's Rights Convention
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Woman's Rights Convention 1800 - 1899
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Geschichte 1840-1890
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Woman's Rights Convention
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Woman's Rights Convention
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
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Seneca Falls (N.Y.) ; Woman's Rights Convention (1848)
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Woman's Rights Convention
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Woman's Rights Convention
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Feminism History
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19th century
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United States
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United States
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USA
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Feminism History 19th century
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Feminism History 19th century
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Frauenbewegung
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Kvinnorörelsen ; historia ; Förenta staterna ; 1800-talet ; 1900-talet
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Medborgerliga fri- och rättigheter
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Feminism ; historia ; Förenta staterna ; 1800-talet
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Kvinnorörelsen ; historia ; Förenta staterna ; 1800-talet
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory
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Feminism
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History
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United States
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USA
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Electronic books History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In the quiet town of Seneca Falls, New York, over the course of two days in July, 1848, a small group of women and men, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, held a convention that would launch the women's rights movement and change the course of history. In Seneca Falls and theOrigins of the Women's Rights Movement, Sally McMillen reveals, for the first time, the full significance of that revolutionary convention and the enormous changes it produced. The book covers 50 years of women's activism, from 1840 to 1890, focusing on four extraordinary figures - Mott, Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony. McMillen tells the stories of their lives, how they came to take up the cause of women's rights, the astonishing advances they made during their lifetimes, and the far-reaching effects of the work they did. At the convention they asserted full equality with men, argued for greater legal rights, greater professional and education opportunities, and the right to vote - ideas considered wildly radical at the time. Indeed, looking back at the convention two years later, Anthony called it "the grandest and greatest reform of all time."
Abstract:
Separate spheres : law, faith, tradition -- Fashioning a better world -- Seneca Falls -- The women's movement begins, 1850-1860 -- War, disillusionment, division -- Friction and reunification, 1870-1890 -- Epilogue : "Make the world better" -- Appendix.
Description / Table of Contents:
Separate spheres : law, faith, traditionFashioning a better world -- Seneca Falls -- The women's movement begins, 1850-1860 -- War, disillusionment, division -- Friction and reunification, 1870-1890 -- Epilogue : "Make the world better" -- Appendix.
Note:
Title from e-book t.p. (viewed May 24, 2010). - Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-295) and index
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Title from e-book t.p. (viewed May 24, 2010)
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