Join us for this special outdoor living history family day. Interact with the women of revolutionary Westchester, from those doing ordinary tasks like spinning, weaving, and cooking, to camp followers caring for the troops with herbal medicines, to women who joined the military in disguise.
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Opening Reception: Mary Church Terrell and the Traveling Griots Exhibition
The National Women's Hall of Fame 1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls, NY, United StatesHonoring the legacy of Hall of Fame inductee Mary Church Terrell, this exhibition brings to life the vision and valor of Terrell and her contemporaries—trailblazing African American women who shaped the course of American civil rights and women’s suffrage history.
Clinton County Women’s Equality Day
Kent-Delord House Museum 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY, United StatesThis event commemorates the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920 which ensured that no one was barred from voting due to their gender.
The Declaration’s Journey
Museum of the American Revolution 101 South Third Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesColine Jenkins invites you to tour the Declaration’s Journey exhibit to discover why the desk of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is at the Museum of the American Revolution.
Author Ellen Carol DuBois Discussion and Book Signing
Anthony Museum Carriage House 19 Madison Street, Rochester, NY, United StatesJoin us for a discussion with historian Ellen Carol DuBois about her latest book, a comprehensive, definitive biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life.
Another Declaration of Independence
Our curators discuss the Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments with Dr. Judith Wellman, Professor Emerita from the State University of New York at Oswego and Director of Historical New York Research Associates.
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Women and Political Power
New York State Museum 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY, United States
$25
Join us for an evening conversation on women in the New York State Legislature (1919–1992). Featuring Carol Faulkner and Lauren Kozakiewiz. Registration required by March 16.
Frank Leslie Buys Women’s Votes
Carrie Chapman Catt said that the passage of New York State’s Women’s Suffrage Amendment in 1917 was the “Gettysburg of the Women’s Suffrage movement.” Yet just two years earlier, New York State had voted the same measure down.