From the Book - First edition.
section 1. A long silence
Seventy years of struggle
Disenfranchised : "we are determined to foment a rebelion"
"All men are created equal"
"Inhabitants" and "persons"
Inventing chattel slavery
Abolitionists take the lead
Lucy Stone : a woman of courage
Lucretia Mott : uncompromising reformer
section 2. The awakening : a declaration of sentiments
"And women are created equal"
Declaration of sentiments
Signers of the declaration of sentiments at Seneca Falls
Elizabeth Cady Stanton : the mother of the movement.
section 3. The early conventions
Worcester, Massachusetts, 1850
Worcester, Massachusetts, 1851
Ohio conventions, 1851-1853
Sojourner Truth : powerful orator
The Bloomer : "dress reform"
"A surfeit of conventions," 1854-1861
The Abolitionist Lecture Tour
Universal suffrage demand
A difference in strategies
Susan B. Anthony : the drum major for suffrage.
section 5. Are women persons?
The Susan B. Anthony Amendment
Reunification : together again
How long must women wait?
The congresswoman votes "no"
New York : victory in 1917
More delays, more arrests
The League of Women Voters
Appendices : Firsts : a woman's place
Appendix 1. Congressional women's caucus
Appendix 2. Women in Congress
Appendix 3. Women as governors
Appendix 4. Women Representatives and Senators by state and territory, 1917-present
Appendix 5. Woman suffrage time line, 1756-2016
