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Proceedings of the National Women's Rights Convention held at Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1853

Proceedings of the National Women's Rights Convention held at Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 5th, 6th, and 7th, 1853

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This pamphlet addresses a variety of different problems facing women in the nineteenth century, including equal access to education and employment, reform of laws governing marriage and divorce, and concerns about prostitution and temperance. One issue discussed at this convention was women's right to vote.
"Published for the Committee."
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
LC copy formerly owned by Lucy Stone.
Gift; National American Woman Suffrage Association; Nov. 1, 1938.

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01/01/1854
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