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Seneca Falls, NY–Women’s Rights National Historical Park is pleased to announce the digital availability of a set of personal and business papers held by the Jane and Richard Hunt family and private owners for more than 140 years. The Hunt Family Papers includes over 1,100 plans, contracts, essays, store records, and correspondence dating from 1828 to 1856. “This collection gives us a window into the…

On August 26 top musicians, changemakers and activist icons put on an amazing virtual concert and rally to increase votes by and for women. Now you have another chance to see Women Take the Stage if you missed it then! Join Gloria Steinem, Dolores Huerta, Alicia Garza, Vanessa Williams, Lily Tomlin, Billie Jean King, Judy Gold, Sweet Honey in the Rock, The Chicks, Indigo Girls, BETTY, the…

Tuesday, March 23 5pm-6:30pmFulton Co. Chamber of Commerce2 N. Main Street in Gloversville-NY Local women’s groups organized contributions for the display, which include original artwork, local history and Memorabilia. ECSHA is unveiling for the public the Women of Influence Quilt made by the BBGs, a local quilting group, who donated it to ECSHA for a raffle, proceeds benefitting our Student Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $5…

Twenty foreign-born U.S. residents took an oath of allegiance and became American citizens in a naturalization ceremony at Women’s Rights National Historical Park on August 13, 2009. This was the fourth such ceremony held at the Wesleyan Chapel. Friends Finger Lakes chapter executive committee members Adriene Emmo, Fran Wenderlich and Helen Kirker (L-R) with Citizenship Judge Marian W. Payson at the reception following the naturalization…

Adriene Emmo (center) was presented with the New York State Liberty Award by Senator Michael Nozzolio (left) for her longtime contributions to Seneca Falls. Mayor Diana Smith (right) was on hand to offer congratulations. Finger Lakes chapter president and national board member Adriene Emmo was recognized for her longtime contributions to Seneca Falls when she was presented with the New York State Liberty Award by…

In the spring issue of the National Parks Conservation Association magazine, Coline Jenkins, Friends member and great, great granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, wrote about Stanton’s legacy, and her hopes to pass the story on to future generations . The article can be accessed online at: http://www.npca.org/magazine/2009/spring/american-woman.html Jenkins was a special guest and speaker at last summer’s 160th anniversary of the first Women’s Rights Convention…

As a result of the federal government’s economic stimulus program, the National Park Service will receive $750 million for nearly 800 projects, one of which will be the installation of energy efficient lighting in the Park Visitor Center, which opened in 1993. This project is budgeted for $105,000. In making the announcement, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said the NPS projects are “an investment in…

Members of Friends of the Women’s Rights National Historical Park attended the celebration of Susan B. Anthony’s 189th birthday at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on February 11, 2009. Guest speaker Lynn Sherr, award-winning journalist and author of two books on Susan B. Anthony, related stories and anecdotes about the suffragist leader and talked about the gains that women have made in recent years and…

Seneca Falls Mayor Diana Smith, a member of Friends of the Women’s Rights National Historical Park, served as M.C. for the First Biennial Seneca Falls Dialogues at the New York State Chiropractic College October 11 and 12, 2008. This weekend of “Leadership, Learning and Celebrating Women’s Human Rights” was held in conjunction with the 160th anniversary of the first Women’s Rights Convention, the signing of…

Nan Johnson, founding President of the Friends of the Women’s Rights National Historical Park, appeared before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in Washington on September 11, 2008 to advocate on behalf of HR 3114, a bill to authorize the establishment of a “Votes for Women History Trail” in New York State in connection with the WRNHP. To read Nan’s testimony, click…