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Hints For Wive--And Husbands, Sherry Penney, James Livingston
Hints For Wive--And Husbands, Sherry Penney, James Livingston
Sherry Penney
This article reveals, for the first time, the "humorous article" read by Lucretia Mott at the historic 1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention. Written by Mott's sister Martha Coffin Wright, it presents a view of the gender roles in marriage very different from that expressed in most literature of its time.
Expectant At Seneca Falls, Sherry Penney, James Livingston
Expectant At Seneca Falls, Sherry Penney, James Livingston
Sherry Penney
This is a biographical sketch of Martha Coffin Wright of Auburn, New York, one of the organizers of the 1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention. She was active in the abolition movement and remained a leader in the women's rights movement until her death in 1875, when she was president of the National Woman Suffrage Association.