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Book/Printed Material Proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention held at the Broadway Tabernacle, in the city of New York, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 6th and 7th, 1853.

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Title

  • Proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention held at the Broadway Tabernacle, in the city of New York, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 6th and 7th, 1853.

Summary

  • This pamphlet contains addresses by William Lloyd Garrison, Sojourner Truth, Lucy Stone, and C.C. Burleigh.

Names

  • Woman's Rights Convention (1853 : New York, N.Y.)
  • Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893, former owner.
  • Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906, inscriber.
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Susan B. Anthony Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York : Published for the Committee : Fowlers and Wells, Publishers, 1853.

Headings

  • -  Women's rights--United States--Congresses
  • -  Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States--Congresses

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy formerly owned by Lucy Stone.
  • -  Gift; National American Woman Suffrage Association; Nov. 1, 1938.
  • -  A news clipping announcing the 1853 convention pasted on the title page verso is labeled in Anthony's hand: Call for the Womans Rights Con. Sept. 6.7.1853. Below the clipping Anthony continues: The report of the "world's" & the "whole worlds" Temperance Conventions ought to come here, but I do not find one in existence. Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 1. 1903.
  • -  Inscribed: This was a special meeting called during the meetings of the World's Temperance Convention, The Whole world's Tem. Con. and the American Anti slavery societys--It was the only W. R. Con.--so far as I know--that ever had a Mob. Lucy Stone always said throw the Report away--but I believed in saving it. Susan B. Anthony, Rochester, Jan. 1. 1903.
  • -  Other call number on card for Susan B. Anthony Collection: JK1885 1848a no. 6 Copy 2. LAC nsk 2019-08-26
  • -  Card indicates that there are 2 copies of JK1885 1848a in Susan B. Anthony Collection. LAC nsk 2019-09-05
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-08-26 no edits (3 cards)
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-08-27 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-09-05 no edits (1 card)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-09-05 review
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2019-09-09
  • -  LAC knj 2022-08-22 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC knj 2022-09-03 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 96 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JK1881 .N357 sec. I, no. 143, #4
  • JK1885 1848a no. 7
  • JK1885 1848c no. 6
  • JK1885 1848c no. 7
  • JK1885 1848d no. 11 Annotated copy.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 93838289

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Woman'S Rights Convention, Lucy Stone, Susan B Anthony, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, and Susan B. Anthony Collection. Proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention held at the Broadway Tabernacle, in the city of New York, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 6th and 7th. New York: Published for the Committee: Fowlers and Wells, Publishers, 1853. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/93838289/.

APA citation style:

Woman'S Rights Convention, Stone, L., Anthony, S. B., National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection & Susan B. Anthony Collection. (1853) Proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention held at the Broadway Tabernacle, in the city of New York, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 6th and 7th. New York: Published for the Committee: Fowlers and Wells, Publishers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/93838289/.

MLA citation style:

Woman'S Rights Convention, et al. Proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention held at the Broadway Tabernacle, in the city of New York, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 6th and 7th. New York: Published for the Committee: Fowlers and Wells, Publishers, 1853. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/93838289/>.