Seneca Falls, NY - Women’s Rights National Historical Park invites the public to a six-part lecture series titled Resolutions Revisited. The Declaration of Sentiments, the document written for the 1848 Seneca Falls First Women’s Rights Convention, declares a list of grievances similar to those of the Declaration of Independence. Explore these grievances with Dr. Melinda Grube at Women’s Rights National Historical Park and discuss what progress has been made through grass-roots reform and national legislation since the 1848 convention.
All presentations begin at 2:00 p.m. in the Guntzel Theater at the Visitor Center, 136 Fall Street, Seneca Falls.
Dec. 1, 2018: Overview of Sentiments and Resolutions.
January 5, 2019: The Preamble and the Enlightenment
Jan. 26, 2019: Politics and Voting
Feb. 23, 2019: Marriage and Property
March 30, 2019: Education and Work
April 27, 2019: Religion and Morality
Melinda Grube, PhD, a descendant of a Seneca Falls abolitionist family, has followed an educational path inspired by women’s rights history. Dr. Grube is an adjunct lecturer of history at Cayuga Community College and has portrayed Elizabeth Cady Stanton for educational programs, lectures, and events in Seneca Falls and throughout New York State for more than a decade.
Women’s Rights National Historical Park is open Wednesday - Sunday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. For additional information regarding upcoming programs, please visit our website at www.nps.gov/wori or call (315) 568-0024. Follow us on Facebook (@WomensRightsNPS), Twitter (#WomensRightsNPS) and Instagram (WomensRightsNPS)
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
