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Convention in petticoats: The Seneca Falls declaration of woman's rights

1973; Routledge; Volume: 21; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/01463377309369114

2331-060X

Elizabeth Myette Coughlin, Charles Edward Coughlin,

Race, History, and American Society

The 1848 Woman's Rights Convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York, was the rhetorical event that precipitated the beginning of the woman's rights movement. This essay discusses the First Woman's Rights Convention in light of the rhetorical tensions it produced.