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CELEBRATE
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PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
National Historical Park
National Park Service
Women's Rights
U.S. Department of the Interior
The First Wave
The statues in the lobby of the Visitor Center represent the first wave of women's rights
activitsts in the United States: more than 300 men, women, and children who organized and
participated in the first Women's Rights Convention. The sculpture includes statues of twenty
people: Mary Ann and Thomas M'Clintock, Lucretia and James Mott, Jane and Richard Hunt,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass, Martha Wright, and eleven "anonymous"
participants who left no distinguishable mark on the history of the women's rights movement.
The Convention
Photo courtesy of Dennis Angelo
On July 19 and 20, 1848
demand equal rights for
Cady Stanton, Lucretia
more than 300 people
women in property and
Mott, and Martha Wright,
attended the first Women's
custody laws, educational
many people still do not
Rights Convention in the
opportunities, and
know who these women, or
Wesleyan Chapel, Seneca
participation in the church,
their male allies, were.
Falls, New York. The
professions, and politics.
The bronze statues,
guiding theme of the
executed by Lloyd Lillie,
convention presented in
This convention was the
are the life-size portrayal of
the Declaration of
beginning of a seventy-two
the first wave of the
Sentiments declared, that
year battle to gain the right
women's rights activist:
"all men and women are
for women to vote in this
some anonymous, some
created equal." The
country. Despite the active
famous, some women,
Declaration went on to
leadership of Elizabeth
some men.
The Organizers and the Men Who Supported Them
Stanton
Douglass, a
spear-
former slave
headed the
and prominent
call for the
abolitionist
convention
lecturer,
and wrote
published the
the first
North Star, one
draft of the
of the few
Declaration
African
of
American Anti-
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frederick Douglass
Sentiments
slavery
out of a
newspapers in
strong sense of justice and righteous indignation
the United States. At the first Women's Rights
at the plight of women. She later became one of
Convention he publicly seconded Elizabeth
the most important and persistent advocates of
Cady Stanton's motion for the right of women to
human rights in American history.
vote.
The Motts were
The M'Clintocks,
influential
leaders in
Quaker
Quaker reform
abolitionists and
and abolition,
merchants from
moved to
Philadelphia.
Waterloo in 1836.
The Motts
Mary Ann and
refused to sell
Lucretia Mott
slave-made
wrote the Female
products,
Anti-Slavery
including cotton
Lucretia and James Mott
Mary Ann and Thomas
Society's appeal
and sugar, in
M'Clintock
in 1832. In
their store.
response to the
Lucretia Mott was a respected Quaker minister.
call for women's
During the convention Lucretia gave a lecture
rights, the M'Clintocks hosted a meeting in their
while James chaired one of its sessions.
home during which the Declaration of
Sentiments was written for the first Women's
Wright
Rights Convention.
participated in
the convention
The Hunts
activities while
were Waterloo
pregnant with
philanthropists
her seventh
who supported
child. She later
human rights
embarked on
causes and
a distinguished
hosted the tea
Martha Wright
career in
party that led
human rights,
to the call for
presiding over
the first-ever
several conventions and holding office in
women's rights
Jane and Richard Hunt
women's rights associations. She was Lucretia
convention in
Mott's sister.
the United
States.
The Artist
Lloyd Lillie, professor emeritus, Boston University, and two assistants sculpted the statues out
of clay. Photographs and live models were used to create the movement, facial expressions,
and size of the statues. In a foundry owned and operated by a woman, the figures were cast in
bronze, an alloy of copper and tin. The process caused the statues to lose five percent of their
size. The sculpture was commissioned by the National Park Service for Women's Rights NHP
visitor center, which opened in 1993. If you would like to view the NPS film, Portrait of a
Sculpture, documenting the making of the statues, please ask the ranger at the information
desk.
Women's Rights
National Historical Park
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women's Rights Leader
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was
an early and important
leader of the nineteenth
century Women's Rights
movement. Her background and
her experiences as a
middle-class American
housewife prepared her well
for intellectual and
ideological leadership of
one of the most powerful and
far-reaching movements for
social change in American
history.
Early Life
Born in Johnstown, New York
she attended the Troy Female
in 1815, Elizabeth was the
Seminary, and received the
seventh of the eleven
most advanced education
children of Daniel and
available to a woman of her
Margaret Livingston Cady.
time.
Her family was wealthy,
socially prominent, and
Elizabeth Cady spent many
politically active. Both
summers at the home of her
parents indulged her
cousin Gerrit Smith, a
childhood interests in
wealthy radical reformer.
traditionally male
She learned about and became
activities such as debating,
committed to anti-slavery,
Greek, and horseback riding,
temperance, and other
and she excelled at all of
reforms. There, she also met
them. As a result, she
the fiery abolitionist
became comfortable with both
lecturer Henry Brewster
male and female roles and
Stanton, and married him in
activities.
1840. After Henry Stanton
completed his law studies,
Though Elizabeth excelled in
the family settled in
school, she could not follow
Boston, where they became
her male classmates to
active in reform work and in
college, since no colleges
the city's intellectual and
were open to women. Instead
cultural life.
Life in Seneca Falls
In 1846, the Stantons moved
to Seneca Falls, New York
with their three sons. For
the first time, Cady Stanton
experienced the life of an
average middle-class white
housewife. Henry was often
away, and Cady Stanton felt
isolated and overwhelmed by
childcare and housework.
She also missed the
intellectual stimulation and
household help that she had
had in Boston.
status of women. A week
the women's rights movement,
Her discontent surfaced at a
later they met again, and
of which Cady Stanton
tea party at the Waterloo,
drafted a "Declaration of
quickly became a leader.
New York home of Jane Hunt
Sentiments" which described
After the convention, Cady
in early July 1848. Cady
women's inferior status and
Stanton wrote extensively
Stanton vividly described
demanded change.
about women's rights, but
her unhappiness to four
family responsibilities
women friends: Lucretia
On July 19-20, 1848, the
prevented her from
Mott, Martha Wright, Mary
first women's rights
traveling and speaking
Ann McClintock, and Jane
convention was held in the
outside the local area.
llunt. The group decided then
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in
and there to call a
Seneca Falls. This meeting
convention to discuss the
was the formal beginning of
Susan B. Anthony
In 1851, Cady Stanton and
Cady Stanton time to write
Susan B. Anthony began a
those speeches, Anthony
friendship which lasted over
would visit Seneca Falls and
fifty years. As a single
care for the Stanton family.
woman, Anthony was free of
She then took the speeches
the domestic duties that
and writings produced by
tied Cady Stanton to her
Cady Stanton and traveled
home, and so could travel
the country campaigning for
and make speeches promoting
women's rights.
women's rights. To give
After Seneca Falls
In 1862, the Stanton family
Cady Stanton wrote and
traveling much in later
moved to New York City,
lectured on all aspects of
life, she continued to write
where Cady Stanton continued
women's rights, and on many
on women's rights until her
her work for women's rights.
other current topics as
death in 1902.
She believed that the
well. When her children were
movement should work for a
grown, she began to travel
broad platform of change for
the country, and her talks
women, including: woman
on women's issues were
suffrage, dress reform,
popular and well-received.
girls' sports, equal
She also helped write the
employment, property rights,
three volume History of
equal wages, divorce and
Woman Suffrage, before
custody law reform,
publishing her autobiography
collective households,
and the controversial
coeducation, birth control,
Woman's Bible. Though ill
and religious reform.
health prevented her from
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National Historical Park
Women's Rights
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
WESLEYAN CHAPEL
WESLEYAN METHODIST SOCIETY OF SENECA FALLS
In March, 1843, approximately 60
1843. Not only was the Chapel to
people organized the first Wesleyan
be used for religious services; it was
Methodist Society of Seneca Falls.
opened to all reform speakers free of
Formed as a result of a dispute with
charge. Many prominent speakers,
the Methodist Episcopal church,
including Frederick Douglass and
Wesleyan Methodist societies were
Matilda Joslyn Gage, used the
created throughout the northern
platform offered by the Wesleyan
states as a demonstration against
Methodist Society. The fledgling
slavery. These societies were not
Free Soil Party of Seneca Falls
only concerned about slavery.
utilized the Wesleyan Chapel to
They also spoke out on other
hold its organizational meetings.
reform issues such as temperance
This sympathetic congregation that
and women's rights.
welcomed a wide-range of reform
A chapel was built at the corner of
and political speakers was the
Fall and Mynderse Streets in Seneca
perfect setting for a Women's
Falls and dedicated in October,
Rights Convention.
FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
Stanton. The Declaration of
Sentiments, based on the Declara-
tion of Independence, listed many
of the women's grievances against
society and demanded basic rights
of self-determination. Throughout
both days of the Convention, much
discussion was raised on the issue of
women's suffrage as a part of the
On the morning of July 19, 1848,
ton's nephew was lifted through the
Declaration. During the final hours
the streets of Seneca Falls were
window to unlock the doors and
of the Convention, the Declaration
crowded with people making their
allow them access to the building.
of Sentiments was approved intact
way to the Wesleyan Chapel to
and signed. One hundred people
attend the Women's Rights Con-
Once everyone was seated, the
signed the document 68 women
vention. Many people arrived
Convention began. One of the first
and 32 men. One third of the
before the doors of the Chapel were
orders of business was the reading of
signers belonged to the Wesleyan
unlocked, so Elizabeth Cady Stan-
the Declaration of Sentiments by
Methodist Society.
CHANGES
The original brick structure of the
In 1872, William Johnson bought
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was 64
the original Wesleyan Chapel and
X 44 feet with a gallery around three
transformed it into Johnson Social
sides of the interior. An altar and
Hall. He added two store fronts on
communion table faced the pews for
Fall Street, raised the roof 8 feet
the congregation. After the Civil
and extended the rear of the build-
War, many changes occurred within
ing. Later his son, Charles Johnson,
this simple church. The congrega-
created the Johnson Opera House
tion split apart. One half became
and added another extension to the
Congregationalists and built a new
rear of the building. Over the
church on State Street. The
succeeding years the building
remaining Wesleyan Methodists
became a movie theater, furniture
built a new church at Fall and
store, roller rink, auto repair shop,
Clinton Streets - the opposite end
car dealership, laundromat and
of the block from the first chapel.
apartment building. The site was
added to the Women's Rights
National Historical Park in 1985.
CELEBRATIONS
Even while these many changes
the seventy-fifth anniversary cele-
were occurring, people had not
bration of the Convention. They
forgotten that the Women's Rights
set up a display in the car dealership
Movement started within the
showroom that included Elizabeth
Chapel walls. In 1908, Harriot
Cady Stanton's desk and Susan B.
Stanton Blatch, Elizabeth Cady
Anthony's rocking chair. To mark
Stanton's daughter, led a group of
the centennial of the Convention in
women in placing a plaque on the
1948, a postal service stamp was
southeast corner of the building to
issued depicting Stanton, Lucretia
commemorate the sixtieth anniver-
Mott and Carrie Chapman Catt.
sary of the Women's Rights Con-
Currently, Convention Days are
vention. Many women returned to
held yearly in the Village of Seneca
the site to celebrate the 100th
Falls, in July, to commemorate the
birthday of Stanton on November
first Women's Rights Convention
15, 1915. Alice Paul and the
that was held in the Wesleyan
National Women's Party came to
Chapel.
the Wesleyan Chapel in 1923 for
RESTORATION COMPLETED
Women's Rights National Histori-
a water wall on the western
cal Park has completed the
edge. The wall, symbolizing the
restoration on the Wesleyan
original Seneca Falls, is in-
Chapel Block. The restoration
scribed with the Declaration of
involved exposing the original
Sentiments. Opened to the
historic structure of the
public in July 1993, this area,
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
known as Declaration Park,
This included the east and west
along with the Chapel has
walls and the roof. The non-
become a place of contempla-
historic facade was taken down
tion, inspiration, and free
and a supporting structure was
speech just as the Wesleyan
built to stabilize the original
Methodist Society had intended
building. Adjoining the Chapel is
in 1843.
Declaration Park, highlighted by
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ADMISSION, HOURS, AND LOCATION --
To Rochester
Women's Rights NHP visitor center is open daily
To Syracuse
NYS Thruway Interstate 90
9:00 a.m. - - 5:00 p.m. except New Year's Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Admission is
Exit 41
charged for movie, exhibits and house tours. All
Route 414
Clinton
Mynderse
NPS passports are honored.
State
Cayuga Street
The site is accessible from NY State
Routes 5 & 20
Thruway Interstate 90, exit 41 - Waterloo-Clyde.
Routes 5 & 20 & 414
At the stop sign turn right onto Route 414. Go to
the second stop light, (approx. 3 miles) Turn left
Fall Street
onto Routes 5 & 20 & 414. Go 2 miles to the park
Waterloo
visitor center in Seneca Falls. After Rumsey St.
Seneca Falls
light, the park visitor center is in the third block
on the left, between Clinton and Mynderse
Route 414
Women's Rights
Streets at 136 Fall St.
For more information, write the
National Historical Park
Superintendent, Women's Rights National
Visitor Center
Historical Park, 136 Fall St, Seneca Falls, NY
136 Fall Street
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Wesleyan Chapel
Seneca Falls, New York
Women's Rights
ABOUT THE PARK-On July 19 & 20, 1848, the
First Woman's Rights Convention was held in
Seneca Falls, New York Both the Convention
and the continuing struggle for equal rights are
the focus of Women's Rights National Historical
Park. The park is comprised of a visitor center
with movie and exhibits, the Wesleyan Chapel
and Declaration Park, the home of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, the home of Mary Ann and
Thomas M'Clintock, and the Suffrage Press
ABOUT YOUR VISIT Visitors may view the
award-winning film "Dreams of Equality" shown
hourly in the park visitor center. Tours of the
Wesleyan Chapel and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
home are offered daily. Check at the park visitor
center for other special tours and programs.
The park visitor center and Wesleyan Chapel are
Printshop
accessible to wheelchair users.
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Canal Connections
UNLOCK THE LEGEND OF
THE CAYUGA-SENECA WATERWAY
Economic and Social Change Lead to
The NYS Urban Cultural Park
Women's Rights Activism
Program, established in 1982, is a state-
wide system of fourteen designated "parks"
Village of
(known as UCP's) sponsored by twenty-two
communities. The Urban Cultural Park
Early in the 19th century, entrepreneurs
Program works in partnership with local
Seneca Falls
recognized the waterpower potential of the
governments and the private sector to focus
falls of the Seneca River, and a thriving milling
resources on revitalizing the state's most
Urban Cultural Park
significant historic areas.
industry began. In the 1820s, a small canal was
The Seneca Falls Urban Cultural Park
focuses on the themes of Reform Movements
built next to the river, by-passing the falls and
and Transportation & Industrialization, high-
connecting the village to the Erie Canal. This
lighting the village's role in the development
of the Women's Rights Movement.
link opened national markets to products from
NYS Urban Cultural Parks bring
Seneca Falls.
new life to their representative areas with
a four-fold program of historic preservation,
Factories, clustered along both waterways
education, recreation and economic revital-
and on the islands between them, soon produced
ization. The system is administered by the
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and
a variety of goods. Intense and rapid industrial-
Historic Preservation.
ization transformed people's lives, changing work
This brochure was funded in part by
the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation
and family patterns and the social roles of women
and Historic Preservation, Urban Cultural Park
and men. Religious revival movements and agita-
Program, and by the Seneca County
tion against slavery, drinking and immorality
Society
Tourism Office.
added to a sense of social upheaval.
In this context of new work and new ideas,
the first women's rights convention was held in
URBAN
1848, an inspiring example of the power of
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CULTURAL
PARK
ordinary citizens to effect change. This meeting
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PROGRAM
started the women's movement that continues
to this day.
Hours of Operation
Seneca Falls prospered throughout the
Monday - Saturday 10am 4pm
Sunday 12pm 4pm
19th century. In the early 20th century, much
of its industrial landscape was altered by the
Village of Seneca Falls
Urban Cultural Park Visitor Center
merging of the canal and the river as part of the
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115 Fall Street, Lower Level
rebuilding of the Erie Canal system. The original
as part of this project.
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Directions
Step back into the 19th century in the Village
The Park's Visitor Center is located on
Routes 5 & 20 (Fall St.) in downtown Seneca
of Seneca Falls Urban Cultural Park, where the
Falls. From I-90 (NYS Thruway): Exit 41; Route
power of water and social reform combine into
414 South to Routes 5 & 20 East into the village.
From the north and/or south, Routes 414
a unique heritage still important to us today.
or 89 to Routes & 20 into the village.
Points of Interest
Experience the Urban Cultural Park
Watch as the push of a button transforms
a scale model of the community back to its 19th
Urban Cultural Park Visitor Center - Exhibits
Start your visit to
century appearance.
and audio-visual programs on Seneca Falls' unique
Seneca Falls at the Urban
An 1870s hand-operated fire engine brings
industrial, reform, and cultural heritage.
Cultural Park's Visitor
back the days when the village was home to the
Center, housed in the
largest fire engine company in the world. Enjoy
Wesleyan Chapel - Site of the first women's
historic Partridge Build-
1915 silent movies of the village. Pose for a photo-
rights convention in 1848. Adjacent visitor center
ing at 115 Fall Street.
graph with a life-size statue of women's rights
houses exhibits on the history of women's rights;
Here, the rich history of
leader Elizabeth
part of Women's Rights National Historical Park,
Seneca Falls as a center
Cady Stanton.
operated by the National Park Service.
of waterpowered indus-
And trace the
try and transportation
inspiring story
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House - Home of
comes to life through
of the first
exhibits and audio-visual
Photograph by Ian Bornarth
the women's rights leader; open for guided tours
women's rights
Photograph courtesy of
Village of Seneca Falls Planning Department
by National Park Service rangers.
programs.
convention of
Discover how the immense
1848, the spark that
National Women's Hall of Fame ⑉ Exhibits and
waterpower of the falls was
began the organized
programs celebrate the achievements of American
harnessed to run numerous
call for women's equal
women in social reform, politics, science, athletics
factories, and see examples
rights. Stroll along the
and the arts.
of pumps, bells, tools, and
historic Cayuga-Seneca
other locally manufactured
Canal and watch the
Seneca Falls Historical Society Museum -
goods. Interact with fiber-
lively boat traffic, or
Guided tours of 1880 Queen Anne mansion
optic maps that illuminate
spend the day fishing
offer a glimpse into the lifestyles of Seneca Falls'
the system of turn-
along its beautiful
industrialists.
pikes, canals, railroads
banks. Picnic in People's Park or on the shores of
and highways SO
Van Cleef Lake. Browse in the shops and restau-
Other Area Attractions
important to the
rants of the historic central business district, which
development of indus-
has been listed on the
Barbecue, swim, fish and camp at Cayuga
try and the spread of
National Register of
Lake State Park. Tour the wineries dotted along
social reform ideas.
Historic Places. Or take
Photograph courtesy of
the shores of the beautiful Finger Lakes, and see
Explore the history
Village of Seneca Falls Planning Department
self-guided walking
and taste the wine maker's art in action. Hike and
of the mill owners and the Irish and Italian
tours and enjoy the
bird-watch at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
men and women who built and operated the
magnificent Victorian
and the Finger Lakes National Forest. Information
canals and factories, and who established
architecture and rich
on these and other attractions is available at the
vital community and cultural institutions that
reform history of
Photograph
courtely.of
Urban Cultural Park Visitor Center.
continue today.
Village
of
Seneca
Department
the village.
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We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident...
All Men And Women Are Created Equal
Original artwork depicting
the Wesleyan Chapel,
site of the first
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Women's Rights National Historical Park
136 Fall Street
Seneca Falls, New York 13148
PARK
Women's Rights Convention,
SERVICE
and its organizers.
By Mark E. Verna.
NEW at the Women's Rights National Historical Park
EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
CONFERENCES
"Be Your Own Historian: Seneca Falls and the 1848 Women's Rights Convention A
"Women's Rights Around the World: Past, Present and Future." As part of the 1998
Kit of Evidence for Historical Detectives:" Teachers Kit by Dr. Judy Wellman, History
National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference June 10-14 at SUNY Oswego,
Dept., SUNY Oswego. Students will use primary sources to describe what happened at the
this one-day embedded conference will be held July 13th at WRNHP.
First Women's Rights Convention and why it was important. This educational kit gives
students the opportunity to be their own historians, by using historical evidence and
"The Stuff of Women's History: Using Artifacts, Landscapes and Built Environments
developing their own generalizations and conclusions. It will be for sale in the Eastern
to Research and Teach Women's History in the Classroom." Cosponsored by the
National store in the park Visitors Center.
Organization of American Historians and WRNHP. August 20-22, 1998 in Seneca
Falls, New York. This conference aims to explore the ways that buildings, streetscapes,
landscapes, monuments, artifacts and other three-dimensional evidence can help students
"Celebrating Your Cultural Heritage:" Teachers Guide by Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner.
and researchers understand women's pasts. For further information, please contact the
This guide will enable students to explore and analyze how communities remember and
Program Committee Chair, Vivien Rose, Ph.D. at 315-568-0007 or e-mail at:
celebrate their heritage. Included will be descriptions of how Seneca Falls celebrates its
[email protected].
heritage of being the birthplace of women's rights, as well as some of Seneca Falls "untold
stories". The project is funded by a 1997 National Park Service "Parks As Classroomsᵀ
EXHIBITS
grant.
A special exhibit, "Movement In Marble" featuring the marble busts of suffrage leaders
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott will be on display February
"Elizabeth M'Clintock - Entrepreneurial Woman": Curriculum-based Education Kit.
through January 1999. The marble busts are on loan from the Smithsonian Institute.
Elizabeth M'Clintock embodies the struggles women faced in the 1840's and the tenacity
required to succeed as entrepreneurs. Her experience as storekeeper, fundraiser for anti-
March 1998: "This is Woman's Hour..." The Life of Mary Baker Eddy Reformer.
slavery activists, teacher, artist, and finally as successful milliner and shop owner in a stylish
During National Women's History Month, a new exhibit on Mary Baker Eddy, will be
Philadelphia business district exemplify one possible career path for a woman determined
featured in the park's Visitor Center. A multi-media display will highlight her contribution
to do well in the world of business. The kit, which uses maps, floor plans, store records,
to the woman's movement as author of a landmark book on health and healing and as a
advertisements and other historical evidence. It will be distributed through the National
religious leader. The exhibit is cosponsored by the Women's Rights NHP and the Publisher
Park Service "Teaching with Historic Places" program, and will demonstrate the origins of
of the Writings of Mary Bake Eddy in Boston. Opening reception, March 7, 2:00 5:00 PM.
equal employment opportunity for women. Available Fall 1998.
In July see the exhibit, "The Iroquois Women's Influence on the Women's Rights
Movement," at the Village of Seneca Falls Urban Cultural Park/Heritage Area. This exhibit
was made possible by the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation and developed in cooperation
For more information, contact MaryEllen Snyder, Chief of Interpretation and Visitor
with Cornell University, Wells College and Eastern National. Research was conducted by
Services at (315) 568-2179.
Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE 150TH CELEBRATION
Women's Rights National Historical Park Seneca Falls, NY (315) 568-2991
Forum '98, Susan B. Anthony University Center, Rochester, NY (716) 275-8799
Fax: (315) 568-2141
TDD: (315) 568-9039
http://www.nps.gov/wori
Susan B. Anthony House, Rochester, NY
(716) 235-6124
Celebrate '98, Seneca Falls, NY
(888) 732-1848
National Women's History Project, Windsor, CA
(707) 838-6000
National Women's Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, NY
(315) 568-8060
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Washington, D.C. (202) 426-5960
Village of Seneca Falls Urban Cultural Park/Heritage Area
(315) 568-2703
Seneca County Chamber of Commerce, Seneca Falls, NY
(800) 732-1848
Seneca Falls Historical Society, Seneca Falls, NY
(315) 568-8412
National Park Foundation, Washington, D.C. (202) 785-4500
The National Park Foundation, the official non-profit partner of the National Park Service, is currently running a
campaign to raise funds for the restoration of the M'Clintock House, site of the writing of the Declaration of
Sentiments. Please call Heidi Beal or Jenny Archer at the Foundation for information on how you can participate.
FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS
CONVENTION
150ᵀᴴ ANNIVERSARY
In recognition of the 150th Anniversary of the first
Women's Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls in 1848,
Women's Rights National Historical Park announces a
year-long series of programs, events, and exhibits. Events
will be held at Women's Rights NHP in Seneca Falls,
New York.
For more information call (315) 568-2991 or visit
our website at www.nps.gov/wori.
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Special Activities Related to the 150th Anniversary of the first Women's Rights Convention
Women's Rights National Historical Park (WRNHP)
February 15, 1998: Dedication and Reception
National Park Week (continued)
Visitor Center
Speakers Pavilion at the Stanton House
for Women's Rights Suffrage Statue Exhibit
House when restoration is complete.
Visitor activities include a 25 minute film
Set up on the lawn of the Stanton House, the
On loan from the Smithsonian, a special exhibit
"Dreams of Equality" and interactive exhibits
Pavilion will feature regularly scheduled talks
featuring the marble busts of suffrage leaders
A teacher's workshop will be conducted
The bookstore features titles for children,
and interactive presentations each day by
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Susan B. Anthony and
presenting a new teachers guide - "Celebrating
academic researchers and those related to
prominent women. The National Park Service
Lucretia Mott, will open. Join us in celebration of
Your Cultural Heritage: Telling the Untold
women rights issues in general, as well as note
along with the President's Interagency Council
Susan B. Anthony's birthday. Adelaide Johnson
Stories in Your Community" written by Dr. Sally
cards posters and gift items Book signings will
on Women. will bring high level officials
sculpted the busts before she created the famous
Roesch Wagner. which provides an overview on
be held daily
representing government and the public sector to
Suffrage Statue that has recently been moved
the influence of the Iroquois Women on the
speak. The Women's Hall of Fame is bringing its
from the basement to the Rotunda in the U.S.
Women's Rights Movement.
Wesleyan Chapel
Distinguished Speakers Series to the Pavilion
Capitol, Washington, D.C. On exhibit through
Regularly scheduled daily dramatizations of the
with living inductees speaking in the arts.
January 1999.
June 13, 1998: Conference-Women's Rights
first Women's Rights Convention which took
athletics, business, government, philanthropy.
Around the World: Past, Present and Future
place in the Chapel in 1848.
humanities. science and education
February through June 1998: Seneca Falls
As part of the 1998 National Women's Studies
Colloquia on Women's Rights Issues
Association (NWSA) Annual Conference. June
Declaration Park
Ceremonial Opening of
WRNHP. together with the Susan B. Anthony
10-14. 1998. at the SUNY Oswego campus, a one
Stanton Symposium Friday morning, July 17th
the M'Clintock House
Center at the University of Rochester, and Hobart
day embedded conference will be held. Co-
Noted Drs Judy Wellman, Ann Gordon Ellen
Located in Waterloo. the WRNHP is planning a
and William Smith Colleges in Geneva. are
sponsored by the National Park Service and
DuBois. Elizabeth Griffith and Sally Roesch
ceremonial opening of the site of the writing of
planning a series of monthly seminars:
NWSA. the conference includes sessions on the
Wagner will participate in a panel discussion on
the Declaration of Sentiments by Stanton.
February 7
Domestic Violence Issues:
U.N., women activists world-wide and human
the life and work of Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
M Clintock and other Quaker abolitionists. This
Co-sponsored by S.A.V.
rights issues of concern to women. The one-day
moderated by WRNHP Historian, Dr. Vivien
unrestored House will be open for public tours
(Seneca Against Violence)
conference begins at SUNY Oswego and ends
Rose
March 21
Gender Equity in Education
with an evening session in Seneca Falls.
Presentation of the Renewed Declaration of
Seven Lakes Girl Scout Council
April 25
Women in Sports
Sentiments for the 21st Century, Friday afternoon,
Wider Opportunity Program
May - TBA
Women and Spirituality
July 10, 1998: Welcome Reception for The
July 17th On behalf of Celebrate '98, the
"Women Then, Now and All Ways"
June - TBA
Women in Non-traditional
National Women's Hall of Fame Inductees
WRNHP will host Forum '98. whose members
Seventy-five Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts from
Careers
Co-hosted with the Women's Hall of Fame.
will present the Renewed Declaration.
across the nation will learn about NPS careers
Following the reception, a candlelight march will
Historical Dramas and Performances On
and women rights history before serving as
March 5. 1998: Room Full of Sisters
take place from the Wesleyan Chapel to the Hall
Friday, July 17, Babes In Arms". will perform a
volunteer guides during the four-day celebration.
Treble Associates presents, and WRNHP co-
of Fame in Seneca Falls.
work featuring Frederick Douglass, Lucretia
as well as color guards at various Celebrate '98
sponsors this fifth annual event - a day by, for and
Mott. Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth On
activities. The theme focuses on women history.
about women - to be held at the Holiday Inn in
July 14, 1998: N.O.W. Speakers
Saturday, July 18. Sally Roesch Wagner and
women's leadership and career opportunities
Auburn, New York. This one day celebration
As a closure to their National Convention being
Charles Pace will perform as Elizabeth Cady
The Scouts will also tour other facilities in the
brings together friends, relatives, acquaintances
held in Rochester July 10-12. the National
Stanton and Frederick Douglass On Sunday,
area and receive "Wider Opportunities" badges
and colleagues for a luncheon gathering,
Organization for Women is coming to Seneca
July 19. "The Proper Ladies" will perform a
workshops and viewing of women vendor's
Falls to feature speeches by Patricia Ireland,
cappella Victorian ballads and suffrage songs.
products. The keynote speaker is Mona Lake
President of N.O.W. and Eleanor Smeal,
August 20-22, 1998: Conference-Teaching
Jones, Poet Laureate of Seattle, Washington.
President of the Feminist Majority Foundation
Suffrage Print Shop
Women's History
March 1998: Educational Guide
The NPS has issued a special use permit for this
In 1851. Amelia Bloomer opened "The Lily", the
Co-sponsored by the Organization of American
The park's new teacher's guide will be
event.
first suffrage newspaper in the U.S., which
Historians and the National Park Service. the
distributed. "Be Your Own Historian: Seneca
Stanton and Anthony used to promote the
conference will examine new scholarship and
Falls and the 1848 Convention - An Evidence Kit
movement. Visitors will use a working turn-of-
research in women's history, both for general
for Historical Detectives. was written by Dr.
NPS Activities During
the-century press to create placards and
academic use and for specific use by secondary
Judy Wellman of SUNY Oswego and developed
CELEBRATE '98
broadsides under the guidance of a Master
school and community college teachers and
with assistance from the National Park
Printer
professors.
July 16-19, 1998
Foundation Parks as Classroomsᵀ program and
Eastern National
Celebrate '98 is the official 150th anniversary
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House Tours
celebration of the first Women's Rights
Stanton home from 1847 to 1862 is restored
April 20-26, 1998: National Park Week
and will be open daily. Interpretive talks focus on
Unless otherwise indicated,
On loan from the Smithsonian Institute, the
Convention Four days of events, exhibits,
Stanton's life and personal experience before.
all events will take place at:
original table on which the Declaration of
performances, speakers, presentations and
Sentiments was drafted will be on display in the
activities are taking place throughout the Village
during and after she lived in Seneca Falls.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
136 Fall Street
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House until Fall of 1998.
In conjunction with Celebrate '98. WRNHP will
Seneca Falls, New York 13148
It will then be on display in the M'Clintock
offer the following events:
CELEBRATE
CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF
98
THE FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
For Immediate Release
Mary Catt
Media Relations, (315) 549-8773
Contacts: Myriam T. Contiguglia
Executive Director, (315) 568-4117
FACTS ABOUT THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
( Celebrate '98 is the official observance of the 150th Anniversary of the first Women's
Rights Convention, the keystone event of the women's rights movement.
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In June and July 1998, dozens of free events will be staged in Seneca Falls, the
picturesque village known as the birthplace of women's rights, and nearby communities in
upstate New York.
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A June 26 concert in Seneca Falls by Native American performer Joanne Shenandoah will
kick off Celebrate '98 as the 1998 I LOVE NEW YORK Summer Festival. Another free
concert, by Judy Collins, will be held as part of opening events July 16.
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Daily events, clustered July 16-19 and within blocks of the 1848 convention site in
Seneca Falls, will include:
--Dramatizations of the 1848 convention.
--Musical performances -- symphony pops to jazz.
--Children's activities.
--Speakers' Center -- where women leaders make presentations, discuss issues, answer
questions.
--Interpretive skits by costumed actors portraying convention leaders such as
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass and Lucretia Mott.
--Women's Expo -- Education, health, history and other themes featured in booths
sponsored by women's businesses and non-for-profit groups.
--Women's Book Fair -- Books about and by women, daily book signings.
--Food and Wine Pavilion -- Featuring New York state products.
--Legacy Pavilions -- The Past is a place for visitors to register written and
photographic memories of important women in their lives; the Present will be a
forum for festival visitors to exchange ideas, the Future will record the dreams of girls
and women for human rights.
--Suffrage Print Shop will be open for hands-on activities such as designing and
printing placards on an historic press.
--Tours of the Wesleyan Chapel convention site, Elizabeth Cady Stanton House,
Seneca Falls Historical Society mansion, The National Women's Hall of Fame and
the Seneca Falls Urban Cultural Park.
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--Canal boat rides through the Seneca Falls historic district.
--Exhibits of women's art and history.
Additional Celebrate '98 events include:
-- National Women's Rights Hall of Fame Honoree Induction Ceremonies July 10-12
in Seneca Falls.
-- Women's Wellness Day July 13 in Seneca Falls.
-- International Association of Women Ministers annual conference July 13-16 in
Seneca Falls.
-- Finance Day for Women and Young Girls July 14 at Wells College in nearby
Aurora.
-- Celebrate '98 Golf Tournament July 15 at the Seneca Falls Country Club.
-- Grand opening of the Susan B. Anthony Education and Visitors' Center July 11-12
in Rochester.
-- Daily tours of the M'Clintock House historic site, where convention plans were
made, in nearby Waterloo.
-- Forum '98, a conference of academic and national leaders July 13-16 in Rochester
and Geneva, will focus on shaping a 21st Century vision of gender issues.
-- Presentation of a new version of the Declaration of Sentiments on July 17 in
Seneca Falls by Forum '98. The original 1848 convention document declared men
and women equal. The new document be a guide for 21st Century progress.
-- Re-enactment July 18 in Seneca Falls of the Equal Rights Amendment unveiling.
-- Interfaith service on July 19 in Seneca Falls.
Media inquiries can be made through Celebrate '98 media relations coordinator Mary Catt
(Phone 315-549-8773, E-mail [email protected] and Fax 315-549-7083). More
information about the festival, Seneca Falls, leaders of the 1848 convention, local
accommodations and how to participate in the 1998 celebration is available through
Celebrate '98 Executive Director Myriam T. Contiguglia (Phone 888-732-1848, E-mail
[email protected] and Fax 315-568-4143). Information is also available by writing
Celebrate '98, Box 601, Seneca Falls, N.Y., 13148. Information about Celebrate '98 is
available through Web site http://www.celebrate98.com/ Information about Forum '98 is
available beginning April 20 at Web site www.forum98.org. In honor of the 150th
anniversary of the the first Women's Rights Convention, the National Park Service is
opening an on-line travel itinerary of approximately 50 women's history sites from
Rochester, N.Y., through Massachusetts. The itinerary is scheduled to be available July 1 at
www.cr.nps.gov/nr and will include interactive maps, photos and other information.
Celebrate '98 is being coordinated by a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation. Local volunteers have been joined by
representatives from state and national organizations. Financial support comes from sponsorships, exhibitor/vendor
fees and souvenir sales.
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the Birthplace
of the Women's Rights Movement
Seneca Falls, Rochester, New York State Finger Lakes Region
WOMEN'S HERITAGE
ELEBRATE
CELEBRATE '98 SISTER EVENTS
"MAME"
Smith Opera House, Geneva July 9 - 12
CELEBRATE
The Seneca Community Players/The Geneva Theatre Guild
For ticket information, call (315) 781.5483
FORUM '98
In the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York
Rochester July 13 - 16
State, Seneca Falls hosts the 150th anniversary of a
For information on Public Session, call (716) 275.8799
revolution which is still transforming the world today.
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Celebrate '98 welcomes visitors from every nation to
SUSAN B. ANTHONY HOUSE
see the place where the Women's Rights movement
Visitors Education Center Grand Opening
Rochester, July 11-12
began.
For more information call (716) 235.6124
Before 1848 women could not vote, go to college, or
"GIRL TALK"
enjoy civil liberties. Then Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Delavan Theatre, Seneca Falls July 16 - 19
The Seneca Community Players
a handful of Quaker ladies drew up a document
For ticket information, call (315) 568.8113
protesting these discriminating laws. They presented
the fiery Declaration of Sentiments to a convention of
"MUSIC FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN"
CELEBRATING
300 people, and it was ratified by 100 signers. It
Lodi Historical Society, Lodi May 17, August 8 &15
THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY
declared all men AND WOMEN were created equal.
For more information, call (607) 582.6016
OF THE
FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
This action earned the small village of Seneca Falls a
Declare Your Sentiments with a Contribution!
large place in the hearts of people everywhere.
Celebrate'98, Inc.
There is no major part of our lives today which is not
PO Box 601
affected by this revolutionary document.
Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Contributions to Celebrate'98, Inc. are tax deductible to the amount specified by law.
Re-live these exciting times as you participate in the
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
reenactment of the Convention and sign a new
ELEBRATE
Declaration of Sentiments for the next millennium.
Become a part of the living history as you join visitors
JUNE 26 - JULY 19, 1998
from around the world in celebration, here in the
splendor of the Finger Lakes.
SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK
AREA ATTRACTIONS
Celebrate '98
Buggy Rides in Historic District
is the
Boat Rides: Historic Canal & Cayuga Lake
1998 / LOVE NEW YORK SUMMER FESTIVAL
Historic Sites Driving & Walking Trails
CELEBRATE '98
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CELEBRATE
Celebrating The 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Women's Rights
Seneca Falls, July 1848 - July 1998
SPECIAL EVENTS IN SENECA FALLS
JULY 16 - 19, 1998
JULY 16 - 19, 1998
1998 / LOVE NEW YORK SUMMER FESTIVAL
DRAMATIZATION OF 1848 CONVENTION
NATIONAL WOMEN'S EXPO
KICK-OFF WEEKEND
Audience participates with Stanton and Douglass in this historical
Organizations associated with women's history, social issues,
Friday, June 26 & Saturday, June 27
recreation in the Wesleyan Chapel, Women's Rights National
family, and children, present exhibits and materials.
Native American singer & composer Joanne
Historical Park.
Shenandoah kicks-off the summer in Seneca Falls. Stroll
FINGER LAKES FOOD AND WINE TENTS
along the canal and enjoy the bluegrass sounds of John
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCES
Savor New York State. Presentations by prominent women in
Rossbach and Chestnut Grove, artists, food and fun.
Women's Rights National Historical Park presents Sally Roesch
the food and beverage industry. Daily wine tastings and food
Wagner and Charles Pace performing as Stanton and Douglass;
demonstrations.
THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME
BABES IN ARMS, a multi-cultural troupe, takes you on a journey
Friday, July 10- 1998 Honorees Welcome Reception
HISTORIC HOUSE TOURS
with Lucretia Mott from Philadelphia to Seneca Falls and the First
Saturday, July 11- 1998 Honors Ceremony & Luncheon
Women's Rights Convention; and THE PROPER LADIES singing
Seneca Falls Historical Society - Becker 1880 House Museum
Sunday, July 12 Service for the New Millennium
offers tours of homes & sites associated with the Women's
acappella Victorian ballads and suffrage songs.
Rights Movement.
CELEBRATE '98 OPENING CEREMONIES
Thursday, July16
Women's Rights National Historical Park offers tours of the
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITIES
Opening events; processional through Seneca Falls; fireworks.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Seneca Falls, restoration
Clowns, magicians, crafts, jugglers, tall tales, theatre, music,
tours of the M'Clintock House in Waterloo and guided walking
dancing and dress-up are just a few activities to educate and
tours of the Historic District in Seneca Falls.
THE RENEWED DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS
entertain young children. Quiet area for families with infants.
FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Friday, July 17
ART AND COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITS
Forum '98 brings the new declaration to Seneca Falls for all to
LEGACY TENTS
sign. Declare your sentiments and become part of history.
Visitors create living history in Past, Present and Future Tents on
Seneca County Arts Council presents "Women in the Arts" at
grounds of the Seneca Falls Historical Society. Memories of the
Canalside Gallery, a fine arts and photographs exhibit by New
KIT MCLURE'S BIG BAND Friday, July 17
past & visions for the new millennium recorded archivally and
York State Women, and a Downtown Art Walk.
Enjoy an evening of big band jazz with the women who "wowed
preserved for the future. The Present Tent focuses on current
the crowd" at Clinton's inaugural ball.
challenges in "Talk About Women!" series. Drop-in discussions
The Seneca Falls Historical Society presents "Politics and
with mentors, plus talks on women's issues by professional
Place: Celebrating Women's Rights in Seneca Falls" at the
THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME
women and men.
Seneca Museum.
5K & 10K RACE Saturday, July 18
Annual run through the Seneca Falls Historic District.
SPEAKER'S PAVILION
The National Women's Hall of Fame presents the
"Sesquicentennial Exhibit" highlighting outstanding American
At the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Seneca Falls, the
RE-ENACTMENT OF 1923 ERA UNVEILING
women.
National Park Service and The President's Interagency Council
Saturday, July 18
on Women bring women leaders in government to speak. The
Sponsored by the Alice Paul Centennial Foundation. A dramatic
Women's Rights National Historical Park presents "Movement
National Women's Hall of Fame presents their Distinguished
recreation at the Seneca Falls Presbyterian Church.
in Marble", a special exhibit featuring the marble busts of
Speakers Series.
suffrage leaders that were the models for the Suffrage Statue
SYRACUSE SYMPHONY POPS CONCERT
on display in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.
Saturday, July 18
SUFFRAGE PRINT SHOP
Seneca Falls Urban Cultural Park hosts "Iroquois Women &
Nationally acclaimed soprano Luvada Harrison joins the
The Women's Rights National Historical Park runs hands-on
the Women's Rights Movement", sponsored byThe Elizabeth
Syracuse Symphony in a celebration of music from the 1840's,
workshops for children and adults. Visitors will practice working a
Cady Stanton Foundation and the Women's Rights National
50's and 60's.
turn of the century press.
Historical Park.
INTERFAITH SERVICE Saturday, July 18
Non-denominational service at Trinity Episcopal Church on
BOOK FAIR
Wilhelmina's Art Gallery presents an "International and
Van Cleef Lake.
Publishers feature print and other materials of interest to women
American Woman Art Exhibit" in Village Park.
CLOSING CEREMONIES Sunday, July 19
and girls. Daily book signings by prominent authors.
Come join us for the 150th anniversary of an event
Closing events; evening fireworks display.
which changed the world.
CELEBRATE
CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF
98
THE FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
For Immediate Release
Contacts: Mary Catt
Media Relations (315) 549-8773
Myriam T. Contiguglia
Executive Director (315) 568-4117
CELEBRATE '98 INVITES THE WORLD TO WHERE
THE WOMEN'S REVOLUTION STARTED
SENECA FALLS - The 150th anniversary of the revolution which continues to change the
world will be commemorated by Celebrate '98 this summer in this small upstate New York
village where it was launched.
Celebrate '98 will recall an era when women were subordinate to men in every facet
of daily life. It will honor the courage mustered in 1848, when 100 social radicals signed their
names to a controversial document declaring all men and women equal. Celebrate '98 will
also carry forward the legacy of 1848 by telling the stories of tomorrow's women.
The struggles and achievements of women will be the focus of dozens of free
entertainment and educational events throughout the summer, starting June 26. Named the
"I LOVE NEW YORK" summer festival of 1998 by New York Gov. George Pataki, this
picturesque Finger Lakes village is home to the nation's most revered shrines for gender
equality, the Women's Rights National Historical Park and The National Women's Hall of
Fame.
Everyone is Welcome
This summer, the public is invited to attend dramatizations of the 1848 Women's
Rights Convention, discuss contemporary issues and enjoy themselves in the heart of the
Finger Lakes Region.
"Everyone is invited men, women and children -- especially children. We want
people to have fun, to learn, to recognize that they are links in a profound chain of events
which unfolded here," said Mary Anne Krupsak, chair of the Celebrate '98 organizing
committee.
Dozens of Fun, Varied Activities Packed into Festival
As the "I LOVE NEW YORK Summer Festival," Celebrate '98 will transform Seneca
Falls into a mecca for visitors. The free festival begins with a June 26 concert by Joanne
Shenandoah, an internationally acclaimed Native American singer.
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Celebrate '98 activities peak July 16-19, when the village's downtown will be filled
with costumed actors re-enacting the 1848 Women's Rights Convention in a one-hour play.
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak as part of opening events on July 16
and Judy Collins will perform in a free concert that evening less than a block from the
historic 1848 Women's Rights Convention site.
A new, 21st Century version of the Declaration of Sentiments -- the 1848
convention document which declared women equal to men -- will be unveiled July 17 as part
of Celebrate '98.
Visitors will "eavesdrop" on great Americans such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Frederick Douglass and Lucretia Mott, whose courage led to the original 1848 Declaration
document. Their thoughts will interpreted by actors throughout the day July 16-19.
Food and wine sampling, an exposition devoted to women's issues, canal boat rides, a
book fair and tours of the sites where women's history was made are among the many
activities which will continue daily. Symphony and jazz concerts are among the night-time
offerings.
Most events are clustered within walking distance. Transportation will be available
from designated parking areas.
Related events will be held throughout the summer of 1998. They include the grand
opening July 11-12 of the Susan B. Anthony House Education and Visitors' Center. Forum
'98, a conference of academic and national leaders, will be July 13-16 in the upstate New
York communities of Rochester and Geneva.
Information About Celebrate '98 Easy to Obtain
Media inquiries can be made through Celebrate '98 Media Relations Coordinator Mary Catt
(Phone 315-549-8773, E-mail [email protected] and Fax 315-549-7083). More
information about Celebrate '98 events and a participation guide for organizations can be
obtained by contacting Celebrate '98 Executive Director Myriam T. Contiguglia (Phone 888-
732-1848, E-mail [email protected] and Fax 315-568-4143).
Information about Celebrate '98 is also available through Web site
http://www.celebrate98.com/ and information about Forum '98 is available beginning April 20
at Web site www.forum98.org. A National Park Service travel itinerary of women's history
sites from Rochester, N.Y., through Massachusetts is scheduled to open July 1 at
www.cr.nps.gov/nr and will include interactive maps, photos and other information.
Celebrate '98 is being coordinated by a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation. Local volunteers have been
joined by representatives from state and national organizations. Financial support comes from sponsorships,
exhibitor/vendor fees and souvenir sales.
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CELEBRATE
CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF
98
THE FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION
For Immediate Release
Contact: Myriam T. Contiguglia,
Celebrate '98 Executive Director
(315) 568-4117
Hillary Clinton Will Speak at Celebrate'98 in Seneca Falls
SENECA FALLS - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will speak at Celebrate '98
festivities in this Finger Lakes village on July 16 in honor of the 150th anniversary of the
first women's rights convention, White House officials said today.
"Mrs. Clinton is delighted to be part of the leading event in this international
observance. She recognizes that the revolution which began in Seneca Falls in 1848
continues to influence people across the globe," said Ann Lewis, Director of
Communications at the White House.
Myriam T. Contiguglia, Celebrate '98 Executive Director, said "Celebrate '98 is
honored that such a well-respected voice for women and children will join the thousands of
people gathered here for this historic event."
Marsha Berry of the White House communications staff said yesterday, "Barring any
unforeseen circumstances, Mrs. Clinton intends to speak at the celebration."
Dozens of free events celebrating the achievements of women will be held this summer
as part of Celebrate '98. The heart of the celebration is in Seneca Falls, where 100 men
and women signed a radical document in 1848 at the first Women's Rights Convention.
Their treatise, "The Declaration of Sentiments," declaring men and women equal. "The
Declaration of Sentiments" is considered the foundation document for a social revolution
which changed civilization.
More information about Celebrate '98 is available by contacting Contiguglia at (888)
732-1848 and on the World Wide Web at http://www.celebrate98.com/
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