Friends of Womens Rights

Talk and Book Signing by Author Sharon Harris to be Held at Women’s Rights National Historical Park

Seneca Falls, NY – The public is invited to celebrate the 162nd anniversary of the First Women’s Rights Convention by attending a talk and book signing by professor and author Sharon M. Harris.

This event will be held at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park visitor center, 136 Fall Street in Seneca Falls, starting at 1:30 pm on Saturday, July 17th.

Harris is a professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of several books including; Executing Race: Early Women’s Narratives of Race, Society, and the Law and Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832 - 1919, a biography of the Oswego activist, author, Civil War surgeon and recipient of the Medal of Honor.

The talk will be presented in the visitor center auditorium with a question & answer session afterward. Seating is limited, so please come early.

Immediately following the talk a book signing will take place in the visitor center lobby featuring Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832 – 1919, which is available in the visitor center bookstore. The talk and book signing will be hosted by Eastern National in cooperation with the National Park Service. Entrance to the Women’s Rights National Historical Park visitor center is free of charge.

For more information, please contact the Park at (315) 568-0024 or visit http://www.nps.gov/wori.

Women’s Rights National Historical Park exists to commemorate and preserve the story of the First Women’s Rights Convention and historical structures associated with it in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York. All public tours and programs are free and open to the public.

Women's Equality Day - Women of Infuence Luncheon - August 26th

Lunch ticket order form

What happened on the 50th anniversary of passing the 19th amendment?
“August 26, 1970, marked the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women full suffrage. On that anniversary the National Organization for Women (NOW) called upon women nationwide to ‘strike for equality.’ Women in 40 cities organized demonstrations to protest the fact that women still did not have equal rights. In New York City, 50,000 women marched down Fifth Avenue to demonstrate their support of the women’s movement and equal rights. Former NOW president Betty Friedan, feminist Gloria Steinem, and U.S. Rep. Bella Abzug addressed the crowd. The event was extraordinarily successful in demonstrating the breadth of support for women’s rights. In 1971 Congress officially recognized August 26 as Women’s Equality Day.”
More Information on Women's Equality Day

Friends of Women's Rights National Historical Park, Inc.

The Friends of Women's Rights National Historical Park, Inc. is a Seneca Falls based non-profit organization committed to raising awareness and funds to insure that the Park is positioned to continue the work begun in Seneca Falls in 1848. Our vision is to insure in perpetuity the preservation of the Park for the inspiration and full achievement of equality for all.

Click here to learn more about The Friends.

The Women's Rights National Historical Park

Located in Seneca Falls, the Women's Rights National Historical Park offers the public at large an opportunity to trace the heritage and legacy associated with the women suffrage movement in a beautiful and spacious interactive environment.

Click here to learn more about The Park.

The Birth of Women's Rights

Held at Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, the First Women's Rights Convention generated the Declaration of Sentiments, a document modeled after the Declaration of Independence that identified women's issues.

Click here to learn more about The History of Women's Rights.