Women’s Rights National Historical Park (NHP) has announced that the 2022 Convention Days are set for July 15th through 17th. Convention Days focuses on the revolutionary 1848 Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention through art, drama, and scholarship.
Convention Days 2022 explores the Abolitionist Roots of the Women’s Rights Movement with expert historians, creative workshops, park ranger talks, living history, and family-friendly fun while Riding the Rails with Abolitionists on the Seneca Falls express train.
This year’s keynote speaker is author Elaine Weiss. Elaine Weiss is a Baltimore-based journalist and author. Her most recent book, The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote (Viking/Penguin, 2018) has won critical acclaim and was hailed as a “riveting, nail-biting political thriller” with powerful parallels to today’s political environment.
Other featured presenters include Dr. Janell Hobsen, Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her most recent work includes When God Lost Her Tongue: Historical Consciousness and the Black Feminist Imagination; and a role as guest editor of the Harriet Tubman project for Ms. Magazine. Also featured, Dr. Kate Clifford Larson, best-selling author of acclaimed biographies including Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero. Her latest book, Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, was one of Kirkus Review’s Best of 2021.
A welcoming ceremony will begin at 10 am on Saturday, July 16th with an address by park Superintendent Ahna Wilson.
The Friends of Women’s Rights National Historical Park, and the National Park Service, will be hosting “Writing for Empowerment,” a virtual writing workshop, as part of the commemoration. This workshop will give participants an opportunity to discover their own voice and explore the tools used to fight for social justice – before the internet and social media.
Women’s Rights NHP and the Seneca Falls Historical Society will be hosting “Ride the Rails to Seneca Falls, NY.” This train ride lasts 90 minutes and includes living history programs. Tickets are on sale now on Seneca Falls Historical Society’s website.
Convention Days activities will occur throughout Seneca Falls. Public parking is available throughout town and accessibility parking will be available behind the Women’s Rights NHP Visitor Center.
A full schedule of events, including full details of the weekend’s programs, is available on the park website.
Photo of Women’s Rights National Historical Park Convention Days provided.
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