Quotes by Miriam Gurko, The Ladies of Seneca Falls: the Birth of the Women's Rights Movement

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[Giving context to how radical bloomers as an article of clothing were at the time]"The women shall not wear that which — Miriam Gurko, The Ladies of Seneca Falls: the Birth of the Women's Rights Movement
An angry discussion followed, during which belligerent ministers, who had come to the convention in an attempt to disrup — Miriam Gurko, The Ladies of Seneca Falls: the Birth of the Women's Rights Movement
Almost from the beginning, Lucy Stone had run-ins with the established code of female propriety. Every Sunday morning th — Miriam Gurko, The Ladies of Seneca Falls: the Birth of the Women's Rights Movement
... on May 1, 1855, Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell were married. Before the minister began the ceremony, Henry read the — Miriam Gurko, The Ladies of Seneca Falls: the Birth of the Women's Rights Movement
Equal rights meant just that, rights for both blacks and women, with the association working for both at the same time. — Miriam Gurko, The Ladies of Seneca Falls: the Birth of the Women's Rights Movement
In 1879, Massachusetts allow women to vote in school elections. Lucy Stone went to register, but when she discovered tha — Miriam Gurko, The Ladies of Seneca Falls: the Birth of the Women's Rights Movement