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PRESIDENT CLINTON AND VICE PRESIDENT GORE:
Supporting Women and Families
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES:
Passed the Family & Medical Leave Act. Family and Medical Leave enables workers to take
up to 12 weeks unpaid leave to care for a new baby or ailing family member without jeopardizing
their job. Twelve million families have already benefited from Family and Medical Leave since its
enactment. And the President proposed expanding the Family & Medical Leave Act to allow
workers up to 24 hours per year of unpaid leave for parent-teacher conferences or routine medical
care for a child.
Cut taxes for 15 million working families by extending the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Increased the Minimum Wage from $4.25 to $5.15 by giving 6 million women a raise.
Narrowed the wage gap. Last year, the median earnings of women working full-time increased
2.4%. In 1996, the median earnings of women represented 74% of the median earnings for men,
the narrowest gap ever.
MAKING OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES SAFER:
Putting 100,000 more police on the streets. Because of President Clinton's Crime Bill, over
64,000 officers are already keeping our neighborhoods and communities safe, on the way to
100,000. And violent crime has dropped five years in a row - the longest period of decline in 25
years.
Signed the Assault Weapons Ban into law as well as the Brady Bill, which has already kept
guns out of the hands of 250,000 felons, fugitives and individuals under restraining orders related
to domestic harassment. The President also signed into law an extension of the Brady Law, which
prohibits anyone convicted of a domestic violence offense -- misdemeanor or felony -- from
owning or possessing a firearm.
Signed Megan's Law allowing community-notification of sex offenders.
Championed the Violence Against Women Act, the cornerstone of the President's efforts to
fight domestic violence, and created an office at the Department of Justice dedicated to combating
violence against women.
More than tripled funding to domestic violence shelters and instituted new penalties against
men who stalk, threaten or abuse women across state lines.
Established nationwide 24-hour domestic violence hotline. The hotline ( 1-800-797-SAFE)
provides immediate crisis intervention, counseling and referrals for those in need. Since the
hotline opened, there have been over 118,000 calls from all 50 States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
INVESTING IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Increasing Participation in Head Start. Since 1993, funding for the program has increased by
43% -- in fiscal year 1997, Head Start will have serve nearly 800,000 low-income children.
Fought for passage of education tax breaks to promote lifelong learning. Representing the
largest single increase in higher education since the G.I. Bill, the Balanced Budget includes a
$1,500 Hope Scholarship to make the first two years of college universally available, and a
20-percent tuition tax credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students, and working
Americans pursuing lifelong learning.
Promoted national service and educational opportunities through AmeriCorps.
Fighting for voluntary national education standards and signed Goals 2000 establishing
world-class educational standards.
CARING FOR OUR CHILDREN:
Held First-Ever White House Conference on Child Care and White House Conference on
Early Child Development and Learning. In April 1997, the President and First Lady held the
White House Conference on Early Child Development and Learning to highlight the benefits of
early nurturing by parents. And in October 1997, the White House Conference on Child Care
began a dialogue on the child care challenges facing parents today availability, affordability, and
assuring safety and quality.
Extended health care to millions of children with the Children's Health Initiative, the single
largest investment in Health Care for children since 1965. The President fought to ensure that the
Balanced Budget included $24 billion to provide meaningful health care coverage to millions of
uninsured children.
Fought for and won $500 child tax credit for 27 million families with 45 million children
under age 17. Thirteen million children from families with income below $30,000 will receive the
child tax credit as a result of the President's efforts.
Increasing child care funding. Since 1993, federal funding for child care has increased by
nearly 79%, providing child care services for over one million children.
Signed the Comprehensive Childhood Immunization Initiative. Thanks to President Clinton,
immunization rates among two-year-olds have reached historic highs.
Launched new strategies to reduce the high rate of teen pregnancies. Teen births have fallen
four years in a row, by 8.5 percent from 1991 to 1995.
Imposed strict measures to keep cigarettes out of the hands of our children by restricting
youth-targeted advertising; and the FDA made 18 the minimum age to purchase tobacco products
nationwide, requiring photo I.D.s for anyone under the age of 27.
EXPANDING ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE:
Continues to lead the fight to give every American access to affordable, quality health care.
Preserved and protected Medicare and Medicaid from Republican attempts to cripple those
programs. The Balanced Budget extends Medicare solvency for at least a decade.
Fought for greater health security for America's families. The President signed into law the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act which includes important new protections for
an estimated 25 million Americans who move from one job to another, who are self-employed, or
who have pre-existing medical conditions.
Increased funding for breast cancer research by 86% -- from $276 million in FY93 to $513
million in FY97 -- and implemented the Mammography Quality Standards Act to ensure the
quality of mammograms.
Ended drive-thru deliveries. Proposed and signed into law legislation requiring insurers to
cover at least 48 hours of a post-natal hospital stay (72 hours for a Cesarean).
Endorsed legislation that would ban drive-thru mastectomies, allowing women to stay in the
hospital at least 48 hours following a mastectomy. And the President has also endorsed
legislation that will prevent health plans from discriminating on the basis of genetic
information.
PROMOTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES FOR WOMEN:
Reversed the "Gag Rule" limiting the information federally funded family planning clinics could
give to women.
Increased funding for Title X Family Planning - each year, some 5 million persons receive
Title X-supported services.
Signed the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, establishing a safety-zone around
women's health clinics.
GENERATING MORE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN:
Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of all businesses. The Small Business
Administration's Office of Women's Business Ownership is working to foster this growth.
There are nearly 8 million women-owned businesses in the U.S., generating nearly $2.3
trillion in sales.
Conducted a survey over 250,000 working women to learn more about their workplace
experiences.
WOMEN AS PARTNERS IN DECISION MAKING:
Named women for 41 percent of Administration appointees, by far the highest percentage
ever.
Appointed the first women ever to serve as Attorney General and Secretary of State.
A third of all judicial nominees are women, the highest proportion ever.
FIRST TERM OUTREACH ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
The Women's Office has played a central role in promoting, expanding, and strengthening
the President's agenda on women and families.
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Choice
- Organized strategy for President's veto signing on late term abortion (HR 1833)
- Gathered hundreds of letters of support and positive op-eds for the President's veto
- Garnered support for the President's position on omnibus budget items that
negatively impacted reproductive choice (e.g., Foreign Ops - Mexico City)
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Domestic Violence
- Announced National Domestic Violence Hotline with Presidential event (2/96)
- Spearheaded President's directive on Domestic Violence & Welfare (see welfare
reform) (9/96)
- Identified issue and collaborated with White House on Brady Bill extension on
domestic violence (8/96)
- Organized President's 1995 Domestic Violence Awareness Month event (10/95)
- Organized President's signing of anti-stalking bill (9/96)
- Tracked legislation and increased awareness on Carjacking (to redefine rape as a
serious crime) on Rohypnol (the date rape drug) and on battered immigrant women
o
Welfare Reform
- Mitigated women's community's objections to the entire bill and worked closely with
Secretary Shalala to address conference version of Wellstone domestic violence
amendment by drafting Presidential directive on domestic violence
- Created opportunities for women leaders to express their concerns on reform to Vice
President and Chief of Staff
- Communicated President's position to women leaders
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Women Business Owners
- Released comprehensive report on women business owners with Oval Office event
(1/96) and luncheon address by the First Lady
- Collaborated with National Women's Business Council and SBA to hold first-ever
national women's economic summit and coordinated White House participation (5/96)
- Initiated and contributed to major women's business rally in Ypsilanti, Michigan,
featuring two access to capital announcements that the Office had identified and
advocated for (10/96)
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Working Women
- Proposed and wrote the first-ever Presidential Proclamation on pay equity and
organized the first White House celebration of pay equity with Vice President for
women, labor union and civil rights leaders (4/96)
- Worked on Education Department's sexual harassment guidelines for university
employees
- Organized a series of press opportunities/roundtable discussions with working
women for the First Lady and Mrs. Gore
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Women's Health
- Tracked legislation impacting women and families
- Gathered support from women leaders for announcements on Kennedy-Kassebaum,
48-hour hospital stay for new mothers, health advisory commission, FMLA expansion
- Represented women's concerns in pushing forward RU486, the abortion drug in the
President's policy and FDA process
- Spearheaded and organized Rose Garden event announcing increased funding for
breast cancer and other cancer initiatives
Minimum Wage
- Coordinated grassroots support among women's groups for President's proposal
- Assisted in bill signing event
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Affirmative Action
- Represented women's concerns with political and policy staff
- Garnered support among women leaders for President's announcement (9/95)
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Preliminary Listing of Special Activities Related to the
150th Anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention
January 1998 Women's Rights Suffrage Statue Busts Exhibit
On loan from the Smithsonian Institution, a special exhibit featuring the marble busts of suffrage
leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott, will open at Women's Rights
National Historical Park in Seneca Falls. Adelaide Johnson sculpted these busts before she created
the famous Suffrage Statue that has recently been moved from the crypt to the Rotunda in the U.S.
Capitol, Washington, D.C. On exhibit through December 1998.
February through June 1998 Seneca Falls Colloquium on Women's Rights Issues
Women's Rights National Historical Park, together with the Susan B. Anthony Center at the
University of Rochester, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, are planning a series of
monthly seminars. Topics are "Women in Sports", "Gender Equity in Education", "Women and
Spirituality", "Women in Non-Traditional Careers", and "Domestic Violence Issues", which is specially
co-sponsored by S.A.V. (Seneca Against Violence) Coalition.
March 5, 1998 Room Full of Sisters
Treble Associates presents, and Women's Rights National Historical Park will co-sponsor, the fifth
annual "Room Full of Sisters," a day by, for and about women at the Holiday Inn in Auburn, New
York. This one day celebration brings together friends, relatives, acquaintances and colleagues for a
luncheon gathering, sharing, workshops, and viewing of women vendor's products. The keynote
speaker is Poet Laurete of Seattle, WA Mona Lake Jones.
March 1998 Mary Baker Eddy Exhibit
Sponsored by Women's Rights NHP and developed with assistance from The National Women's Hall
of Fame, an exhibit and film on Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the First Church of Christ, Scientist;
inductee into The National Women's Hall of Fame; and associate of Elizabeth Cady Stanton will be
featured in the park's Visitor Center.
March 1998 Educational Guides
Developed by Women's Rights NHP with the assistance of the NPF Parks As Classroom Program
and Eastern National the park will distribute two new teachers guides. "Be Your Own Historian:
Seneca Falls and the 1848 Women's Rights Convention: A Evidence Kit for Historical Detectives,
written by Dr. Judy Wellman of SUNY Oswego will be distributed through the park bookstore.
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"Celebrating Your Cultural Heritage: Discovering the Untold Stories In Your Community"
written by Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, provides a overview of the influence of the Iroquois Women on
the women's rights movement. Both guides are designed to help teachers participate in the park's
celebration by using these materials in their classrooms.
June 13, 1998 Conference - Women's Rights Around the World: Past, Present and Future
As part of the 1998 National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference, June 10 - 14, 1998,
at the SUNY Oswego campus, a one day embedded conference will be held at Women's Rights
National Historical Park in Seneca Falls. Co-sponsored by the National Park Service and the
National Women's Studies Association, this embedded conference will explore the following
questions: what has been/is the role of international organizations like the United Nations in
expanding, protecting, and defining women's rights; çan an international community create a
common language; what are the costs of women's rights activism; and how can/does an international
community of women's rights activists support and encourage each other? Teachers, students,
theorists, scholars, and activists are invited to explore the legacy, advance the agenda, and create
the networks to sustain women's rights activism into the twenty-first century.
July 1998 - The Iroquois Women's Influence on the Women's Rights Movement
The park will coordinate a temporary exhibit based on the primary research by Dr. Sally Roesch
Wagner of the influence of the Iroquois women on the women's rights movement. This exhibit has
been developed in cooperation with Cornell University, Wells College, Eastern National, and the
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation.
July 10, 1998 Welcome Reception for The National Women's Hall of Fame Inductees
The National Women's Hall of Fame and Women's Rights NHP will co-host a reception for the 1998
The National Women's Hall of Fame inductees at the national park. Following the reception, a
candlelight march will take place from the Wesleyan Chapel to the Hall of Fame.
July 16 - 19, 1998 Celebrate '98
Women's Rights NHP will participate in Celebrate '98, the official 150th anniversary celebration of the
first Women's Rights Convention taking place in Seneca Falls, New York, the birthplace of Women's
Rights. Four days of events, exhibits, performances, speakers, presentations, and celebratory
activities are taking place throughout the Village. In conjunction with Celebrate '98, Women's Rights
NHP will offer the following events at park sites:
Visitor Center
The National Park Visitor Center hosts a full range of visitor activities including a 25
minute film "Dreams of Equality," interactive-exhibits on the history of the women's
rights movement, a bookstore featuring titles for children, for academic researchers,
and those related to public women's rights issues in general, as well as note cards,
posters and gift items.
Wesleyan Chapel
The Wesleyan Chapel is the site of the first Women's Rights Convention. There will be
regularly scheduled, daily dramatizations of the Convention in the Chapel.
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Declaration Park
Declaration Park features a 200 seat outdoor amphitheater ringed by a waterwall that
has the Declaration of Sentiments and the names of the signers of the Declaration
engraved on it. Sally Roesch Wagner and Charles Pace will perform as Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Frederick Douglass; The Proper Ladies will perform acappella Victorian
ballads and suffrage songs; Babes in Arms, a multi-cultural performing troupe, will
recreate Lucretia Mott's journey from the Philadelphia multi-racial anti-slavery meetings,
to women of the Iroquois Nation, to Canada and the escaped slaves, and on to the first
Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls.
Suffrage Print Shop
In 1851, Amelia Bloomer opened The Lily, the first suffrage newspaper in the United
States which was a model for numerous others, and which Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Susan B. Anthony used to promulgate the movement for women's rights. The Suffrage
Print Shop is a working turn of the century press, where visitors will learn how the early
suffrage leaders used the press to promote their causes, and where they will design
and create placards and broadsides of their own under the guidance of a master
printer. Celebrate '98 Administrative Offices are located on the second floor of this
building at 116 Fall Street in Seneca Falls.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House Tours
The home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton from 1847 to 1862, the House is restored and will
be open daily for public tours. The interpretive talks at the House focus on Stanton's
life and personal experiences before, during and after the time period she lived in
Seneca Falls, on how she came to age intellectually and politically in Seneca Falls, and
about her lifelong synergistic friendship and partnership with Susan B. Anthony as
women's rights leaders.
Speakers Tent at the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
A Speakers Tent will be set up on the lawn of the Stanton House, and will feature both
talks and interactive presentations throughout each day by prominent women.
Celebrate '98 is working with the President's Interagency Council on Women to obtain
leading women to speak on the U.S. follow-up to the United Nations Fourth World
Conference on Women on platforms as diverse as working women, discrimination on
the job, violence on the job, economic security, women's health, the environment and
more. Additionally, The National Women's Hall of Fame will be requesting past
honorees and inductees into the Hall to come and speak about their distinguished
accomplishments in the arts, athletics, business, government, philanthropy, humanities,
science, and education.
Ceremonial Opening of the M'Clintock House, Women's Rights NHP
Located in Waterloo, 3 miles west of Seneca Falls, the National Park Service is
planning a ceremonial opening of the M'Clintock House, site of the writing of the
Declaration of Sentiments by Stanton, M'Clintock and other Quaker abolitionists. The
National Park Foundation, located in Washington, DC is responsible for raising the
private sector support for the restoration of the House. The house will be open during
the celebratory period for public tours.
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Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Wider Opportunity Education Program
Seventy-five Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts (grade 8 - - 12) from across the nation will
have the opportunity to participate in a very special activity, Women: Now, Then and All
Ways. Scouts will come to Seneca Falls and with local Girl Scouts will be trained as
guides at Women's Rights National Historical Park by park staff. They will learn about
the history of the first Women's Rights Convention and early women's rights movement,
will interact with the public, and will learn about historic preservation techniques. The
girls will experience new environments while working side by side with professional and
subject matter experts. in addition, local Girl Scouts will serve as color guards at
various Celebrate '98 activities.
The theme of Women: Now, Then and All Ways focuses on women's history, worrren's
leadership and career opportunities. In addition to the site visit and work at the National
Park in Seneca Falls, the Scouts will tour other facilities in the area and receive a
"Wider Opportunities" badge.
August 20 - 22, 1998 Conference -- Teaching Women's History
This special conference, co-sponsored by the Organization of American Historians and the National
Park Service, is being held in Seneca Falls to observe the 150th anniversary of the first women's
rights convention. The conference will examine new scholarship and research in women's history,
both for general academic use and for specific use by secondary school and community college
teachers and professors.
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CELEBRATE
THE
150TH
ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATING
OF
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THE FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
In July 1998, the nation will celebrate the 150th anniversary of an event which changed the world - the first
Women's Rights Convention held in 1848. At that time, women were not allowed the freedoms assigned to men in
the eyes of the law, the church or the government. Women could not vote, hold office, attend college or earn a
living. If married, they could not make legal contracts, divorce an abusive husband, or gain custody of their children.
Then, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a Seneca Falls housewife and mother of three sons, sat down with a small
group of Quaker and abolitionist women, and decided that these wrongs should be made into rights. They called
for a Convention, open to the public, to be held in Seneca Falls at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, July 19th and
20th, 1848. There they presented a Declaration of Sentiments, based on the language and content of the Declaration
of Independence. Stating that "all men and women are created equal," they demanded equal rights for women,
including a radical idea - the right to vote. Over 300 people attended the Convention; the document was
ratified and was signed by 68 women and 32 men.
The first Women's Rights Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments have earned the small Village of
Seneca Falls a large place in the hearts of the people all over the world. There is no major part of our lives which has
not been affected by the revolutionary document.
Now, a century and a half later, a not-for-profit organization called Celebrate '98, honors the first Women's
Rights Convention and the women who made it happen. Celebrate '98 is planning four days of events., July 16th to
19th, 1998. The focus will be on the past, present and future: To honor the 150th birthday of the women's rights movement; to
acknowledge the profound ways this has affected us today, and to chart a bright future for women and men allover the globe.
Celebrate '98 has been designated the 1998 I Love New York Summer Festival by New York State Governor George Pataki.
Celcbrate '98 programs in Seneca Falls will feature women in politics, industry, medicine, sports; entertainment
and the arts. There will be a daily dramatization of the first Women's Rights Convention, and other dramatic productions
highlighring famous women. Prominent women will discuss their achievements: From their exploration of outer space to
their inner journeys. In the Legacy Tent, girls and women will be encouraged to leave an autobiographical record of
their ideas and their hopes for the future, to be preserved as a living archives. A partnership has been formed with
Forum'98 from Rochester; who is bringing together women from around the country and will write a new
Declaration of Sentiments for the 21" century, which will be on display for everyone to sign.
Seneca County is located in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region, and is famous for wine, women and sparkling
waters. Enhancing the programs of Celebrate '98 will be boat rides on a branch of the Erie Canal, buggy rides
through the Historic District along with other sites; tours of local wineries, art exhibits, and muscum programs.
Visitors can explore four state parks, the Finger Lakes National Forest, and the Montezuma National Wildlife
Refuge. The Women's Rights National Historical Park, The National Women's Hall of Fame, the Seneca Falls
Historical Society, the Seneca Falls Urban Cultural Park and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundationwill offer
special events for all ages. For more information call toll free 1.888.732.1848 or [email protected] by Email.
Plan to come and join us where it all started - Seneca Falls!
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OPENING and CLOSING CEREMONIES- A grand processional through Seneca Falls. National, state and local leaders will
gather together in Seneca Falls. the birth place of the Women's Movement. to commemorate an event which changed the lives of women
and men around the world.
THE DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS FOR THE 21st CENTURY Forum '98 will present the new declaration at 2
ceremony where women and men will have the opportunity to sign the new declaration and become part of history.
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES Trios, quartets, quintets, women and men, young and old, will perform classical, jazz, folk, and
rock n' roll throughout Celebrate '98. Enjoy an evening of classical music with the Syracuse Symphony. The Kit McClure Big Band who
"wowed the crowd" at Clinton's inaugural ball will jazz things up. Modern female rock will have Celebrate '98 dancing into the future.
HISTORICAL DRAMAS - Daily dramatizations of the 1848 Convencion in the Wesleyan Chapel the location of the original
Convention. Sally Roesch Wagner and Charles Pace perform as Elizaberh Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglas. BABES IN ARMS a
multi-cultural troupe, will take you on a journey with Lucretia Mott from the antislavery meetings in Philadelphia. to the/First Women's
Rights Convention in Seneca Falls. THE PROPER LADIES will perform acappella Victorian ballads and suffrage songs. The Alice Paul
Foundation will recnact the 1923 unveiling of the ERA at the Seneca Falls Episcopal Church.
LEGACY TENTS - Photographs and narratives by our contemporaries on important women in their lives are displayed in the
PAST TENT. The PRESENT TENT houses a forum for the exchange of ideas between professional women/mentors and visitors.
In the FUTURE TENT, women and girls will share and preserve their dreams of womer's rights and human rights in a variety of
media for our archives.
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT and ACTIVITIES - Designed to educate, challenge and enrich young children with
interactive games, historical figures, puppets, clowns, dancing, a children's marching band, magic, arts and crafts. Charlotte Winger
Bearskin, a Seneca clanswoman, is the feacured story teller.
SPEAKERS PAVILLION - At the Elizabeth Cady Scanton House, the National Park Service is working with the President's
Interagency Council on Women to bring women leaders in government to speak in Seneca Falls. In addition, The National
Women's Hall of Fame brings their Distinguished Speakers Series the the Pavillion.
BOOK FAIR - Publishers will feature print and.non-print materials on topics of interest to women and girls. Daily book signings by
prominent authors.
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION EXPO - Exhibits and materials from organizations associated with women's and social issues,
family and children, women's history and more.
SUFFRAGE PRINT SHOP Women's Rights National Historical Park will run hands-on workshops for children and adults
throughout Celebrate '98. Visitors will have the opportunity to use a working turn of the century press.
HOUSE TOURS The National Park Service will have tours of the home of Elizabech Cady Stanton as well as restoration tours of the
yet to be completed home of Mary Ann M'Clintock, where the Declaration of Sentiments was written, in Waterloo. Wind your way
through a 23 room Victorian Home featuring Victorian period rooms and exhibits of local history with the Seneca Falls Historical Society.
FINGER LAKES FOOD and WINE PAVILION Come savor New York State. Prominent women in the food and beverage
industry will provide demonstrations. Sample New York State's finest wines at our daily wine-castings.
ART AND COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITS -Are Show by Women 20 Seneca Falls Gallery. Commemorative exhibits at The
National Women's Hall of Fame and the Seneca Falls Urban Cultural Park. The Women's Rights National Hicorical Park will have a special
exhibit of the model of the Suffrage Statue which is presently on display in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
AREA ATTRACTIONS Canal Boar Rides Cayuga and Seneca Wine Trails Historic Sites Antique Trail Buggy Rides in the
Historic District State and Local Parks Montezuma Wildlife Refuge Finger Lakes Ourlet Mall Local Farm Markets 7 Museums and
Historical Socieites.
OTHER EVENTS I LOVE NEW YORK SUMMER FESTIVAL Seneca Falls,June 26th-27th The National Women's Hall of
Fame 1998 Honors Ceremony Seneca Falls, July 10th-12th International Women Ministers Conference, Seneca Falls. July 13th-16th
MAME, Geneva, July 9th-12th Forum '98, Rochester, July 13th 16th. Music for Women, By Women Lodi, July and August Susan B.
Anthony Visitor Center Grand Opening, Rochester, July 18th.