Friends of Womens Rights

Women's Equality Day - Women of Infuence Luncheon - August 26th

What happened on the 50th anniversary of passing the 19th amendment?
“August 26, 1970, marked the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women full suffrage. On that anniversary the National Organization for Women (NOW) called upon women nationwide to ‘strike for equality.’ Women in 40 cities organized demonstrations to protest the fact that women still did not have equal rights. In New York City, 50,000 women marched down Fifth Avenue to demonstrate their support of the women’s movement and equal rights. Former NOW president Betty Friedan, feminist Gloria Steinem, and U.S. Rep. Bella Abzug addressed the crowd. The event was extraordinarily successful in demonstrating the breadth of support for women’s rights. In 1971 Congress officially recognized August 26 as Women’s Equality Day.”
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Friends of Women's Rights National Historical Park, Inc.

The Friends of Women's Rights National Historical Park, Inc. is a Seneca Falls based non-profit organization committed to raising awareness and funds to insure that the Park is positioned to continue the work begun in Seneca Falls in 1848. Our vision is to insure in perpetuity the preservation of the Park for the inspiration and full achievement of equality for all.

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The Women's Rights National Historical Park

Located in Seneca Falls, the Women's Rights National Historical Park offers the public at large an opportunity to trace the heritage and legacy associated with the women suffrage movement in a beautiful and spacious interactive environment.

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The Birth of Women's Rights

Held at Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, the First Women's Rights Convention generated the Declaration of Sentiments, a document modeled after the Declaration of Independence that identified women's issues.

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