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Declarations of Independence: Women's Rights and the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions

Government and Civics

6, 7, 8

Background Under the leadership of Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a convention for the rights of women was held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. It was attended by between 200 and 300 people, both women and men. Its...

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Women in the Civil War: Vivandieres

Vivandieres, sometimes known as cantinieres, were women who followed the army to provide support for the troops. Ideally, a vivandiere would have been a young woman—the daughter of an officer or wife of a non-commissioned officer—who...

Collection Item

circa 1920-1947

unknown, fl. 1920-1947

[Photograph of a Japanese-American women crouching]

One undated black-and-white photograph of Japanese-American women crouching down.

GLC09860.340

Collection Item

1941-1945

unknown, fl. 1941-1945

[Portrait of two women in coats]

One undated black-and-white portrait of two women posed in hats and coats. The second woman is wearing fur.

GLC09645.138

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30 November 1763

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791

[On W Macaulays History of England]

Examines the role of women.

GLC01794.01