Early Woman’s Rights in Chester County

Date/Time
Date(s) - Monday, February 27, 2012
12:00 am - 8:00 pm

Category(ies)

• Lecture

This is the story of how women in rural Chester County became politically involved in the anti-slavery struggle in the 1830s, asserting their rights as citizens almost ninety years before women received the right to vote. The talk will discuss the activities of the pioneering Clarkson Anti-Slavery Society and the Woman’s Rights Convention in West Chester in 1852. It will also explore the reaction of some Chester County men who appear to have been baffled by the notion of strong, politically sophisticated women.

Christopher Densmore is Curator at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College. He has an M.A. in American History from the University of Wisconsin, and a B.A. in History with Honors, from Oberlin College.
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Location
Charles F. Patton Middle School