Indiana First Womens Rights Convention
N 39° 48.725 W 085° 12.472
16S E 653399 N 4408436
This Marker discusses some history of Woman's Rights.
Waymark Code: WM9CCP
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2010
Views: 10
Side one:
A convention was called for by reform-minded Congregational Friends meeting at Greensboro, Henry County, January 1851. Convention held October 14-15, 1851 at Dublin adopted resolutions for political, social, and financial rights for women. Women and men who favored abolition, temperance, and suffrage attended.
Side two:
The 1852 convention formed Indiana Woman's Rights Association to promote united action for woman's rights. Association's 1853 convention demanded equality in all political rights and functions. It voted to be auxiliary to American Woman Suffrage Association 1870. It became Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association.
County: Wayne
Year Placed: 2003
Name: Indiana First Womens Rights Convention
ID#: 89.2003.1
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