The Unfinished Business of Seneca Falls
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (August 18) giving women the right to vote, we need to retrace our steps to the Seneca Falls, NY convention of 1848 that launched the drive for women’s suffrage. There is some unfinished business to consider.
On July 19 and 20, 1848, over 300 men and women gathered in the Wesleyan Chapel to start a movement for women’…