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Book/Printed Material First Convention Ever Called to Discuss the Civil and Political Rights of Women, Seneca Falls, New York, July 19, 20, 1848

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Title

  • First Convention Ever Called to Discuss the Civil and Political Rights of Women, Seneca Falls, New York, July 19, 20, 1848

Created / Published

  • July 19, 20, 1848

Headings

  • -  Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902)
  • -  Seneca Falls, New York
  • -  Declaration of Sentiments, 1848
  • -  woman's rights convention
  • -  Pamphlets
  • -  United States -- New York -- Ontario -- Seneca Falls

Genre

  • Pamphlets

Notes

  • -  This pamphlet reprints the Call, first published July 14, 1848 in the Seneca County Courier, the declaration of rights, resolutions, and excerpts from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's speeches, July 19 and July 20, 1848.
  • -  This is a rare, duodecimo first printing of the 1848 report

Medium

  • pamphlet, 8 p.; 22.3 x 14 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JK1881 .N357 sec. XVI, no. 3-9 NAWSA Coll
  • series: Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911; Scrapbook 6 (1907-1908)

Source Collection

  • Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911

Repository

  • Rare Book And Special Collections Division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image
  • online text

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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:

First Convention Ever Called to Discuss the Civil and Political Rights of Women, Seneca Falls, New York, July 19, 20. July 19, 20, 1848. Online Text. https://www.loc.gov/item/rbcmiller001107/.

APA citation style:

(1848) First Convention Ever Called to Discuss the Civil and Political Rights of Women, Seneca Falls, New York, July 19, 20. July 19, 20. [Online Text] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/rbcmiller001107/.

MLA citation style:

First Convention Ever Called to Discuss the Civil and Political Rights of Women, Seneca Falls, New York, July 19, 20. July 19, 20, 1848. Online Text. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/rbcmiller001107/>.