"Woman will always be dependent until she holds a purse of her own."
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Georgia Ann Mullen on March 8, 2018 |
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Rebecca Edwards, who began a stint as a Dutchess County, New York legislator this year, must have read A Shocking & Unnatural Incident. Why else would she know that the early women’s rights movement wasn’t just about suffrage?
Just kidding. Edwards writes a detailed account of...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on March 28, 2012 |
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If you support women’s rights and haven’t made a trip to Seneca Falls, NY—go!
I’ve visited several times and never fail to be moved by the names of the 68 courageous women engraved on the wall in the Women’s Rights National Historical Park who signed the Declaration of Sentiments more...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on May 8, 2011 |
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I must disclose that I am a big fan of historical fiction, and this book falls in that genre. Regardless of possible bias, A Shocking & Unnatural Incident is engaging first because it is well written, second because it has an interesting plot, third because it has a surprise (to me) ending,...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on August 26, 2010 |
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Today is not simply another Women’s Equality Day. Aug. 26, 2010 marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to full citizenship, that is the privilege and responsibility to vote.
I looked up the text of the 19th Amendment and found it to be two simple sentences of...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on August 21, 2010 |
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In 1920 it took only 39 words to give U.S. women the right to vote. In 1971 192 words were deemed necessary to proclaim Aug. 26 Women’s Equality Day. But, hey, we’re happy to have both.
In July 1848, when Elizabeth Cady Stanton stood up in the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls and...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on August 21, 2010 |
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Georgia Ann Mullen will discuss her books and how they complement the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment at the League of Women Voters luncheon Monday, Aug. 23, in Wilmington, NC. Her address will take place at 11:30 a.m. at McAlister’s Deli on College Road, across from the UNCW campus. The...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on February 13, 2010 |
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The League of Women Voters has always been a shady entity to me, stuck in a category of leagues I’ve heard about but paid little attention to—like the Junior League.
But when Google told me the League of Women Voters turns 90 years old on Valentine’s Day, I read the alert because it...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on January 31, 2010 |
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Ellenville, NY, is more than 200 miles from Seneca Falls, the heart of the women’s rights movement, and both are on the New York State Women’s Heritage Trail.
Ellenville residents call their deteriorating Hunt Memorial Building the “heart of the village” and point to its historical...
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Georgia Ann Mullen on December 1, 2009 |
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How old were you when you heard about the First Woman’s Rights Convention? I was at least 40.
Most women don’t know a few small town ladies launched the fight for women’s rights way back in 1848. We aren’t taught about women’s rights or the contributions women made–and continue...
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