Women's Rights National Historical Park
The public is invited to celebrate the 162nd anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention by attending a talk and book signing by professor and author Sharon M. Harris. This event will be held at the Women's Rights National Historical Park visitor center, 136 Fall Street in Seneca Falls, starting at 1:30 pm on Saturday, July 17th.
Harris is a professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of several books including; Executing Race: Early Women's Narratives of Race, Society, and the Law and Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832 - 1919, a biography of the Oswego activist, author, Civil War surgeon and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
The talk will be presented in the visitor center auditorium with a question & answer session afterward. Seating is limited, so please come early.
Immediately following the talk a book signing will take place in the visitor center lobby featuring Dr. Mary Walker: An American Radical, 1832 – 1919, which is available in the visitor center bookstore. The talk and book signing will be hosted by Eastern National in cooperation with the National Park Service. Entrance to the Women's Rights National Historical Park visitor center is free of charge.
For more information, please contact the Park at 315-568-0024.
Women's Rights National Historical Park exists to commemorate and preserve the story of the First Women's Rights Convention and historical structures associated with it in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York. All public tours and programs are free and open to the public.
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