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A decade before the historic Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, another notable meeting took place. In 1837, black and white women joined forces to challenge both slavery and patriarchy at the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention. This little known gathering was written out of history – until now.
“And the Spirit Moved them” by Helen LaKelly Hunt details the lost radical history of America’s first feminists. Learn more via Feminist Press.
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When Melinda Grube was in grade school, a male teacher told her that “women are not in the historical record, because they never did anything important.’’
She vowed then that she “would never allow anybody to say that to me again.” Grube, now armed with a PhD in women’s history, is a historical interpreter at Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, working to make sure girls now hear a different message.
What it’s like to relive women’s history, told at the Seneca Falls national park
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