Proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention.
Proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention, Held at the Unitarian Church, Rochester, N. Y., August 2, 1848, to Consider the Rights of Women, Politically, Religiously and Industrially. Revised by Mrs. Amy Post. New York: Robert J. Johnston, Printer, 1870.
8vo; 16 pp.; lacks original wrappers; disbound; else fine. In slipcase with eight other items.
First Separate Edition. First published in 1848, combined with the Seneca Falls report of two weeks earlier. Unlike the July meeting, this one was presided over by a woman, Abigail Bush. Mott, Stanton (with some of their remarks), and others took prominent parts - as did prominent African Americans William C. Nell and Frederick Douglass. Included are the full texts of speeches by Rebecca M. Sandford (the young bride, who is often mentioned in writings) and Sarah C. Owen, as well as a poem by Maria Weston Chapman. The proceedings close with twelve resolves, including 1. “...that we petition our State Legislature for our right to the elective franchise, every year, until our prayer be granted."
Twenty two years after Seneca Falls, Amy Post, wrote a "revised" account to include statements of two African Americans who had been previously neglected: William C. Nell read an eloquent address, highly complimentary of the energies and rare devotion of woman in every good cause, illustrated by facts in proof of her equality with man. Frederick Douglass followed in an eloquent and argumentative appeal for Woman's Rights, replying in a clear and conclusive voice to the gentleman who had spoken on the other side. He thought that the true basis of rights was the capacity of individuals; and as for himself, he should not dare claim a right that he would not concede to woman. As to the enfranchisement of woman, it need not be questioned whether she would use that right or not; man had no right to withhold it from her.
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