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Women's Rights National Historical Park

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Nearest city
  
Seneca Falls, NY

Governing body
  
National Park Service

Established
  
December 28, 1980

Management
  
National Park Service

Visitors
  
25,426 (in 2011)

Area
  
2 ha

Phone
  
+1 315-568-2991

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Location
  
Seneca County, New York, USA

Website
  
Women's Rights National Historical Park

Address
  
136 Fall St, Seneca Falls, NY 13148, USA

Hours
  
Closed today WednesdayClosedThursdayClosedFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Elizabeth Cady Stanton H, M'Clintock House, Cayuga Lake State Park, National Women's Hall of Fa, Seneca Museum of Waterway

Profiles

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Women's Rights National Historical Park was established in 1980, and covers a total of 6.83 acres (27,600 m2) of land in Seneca Falls and nearby Waterloo, New York, United States.

Contents

The park consists of four major historical properties including the Wesleyan Methodist Church, which was the site of the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, and the homes of other early women's rights activists (the M'Clintock House and the Richard Hunt House) are also on display. The park includes a visitor center and an education and cultural center housing the Suffrage Press Printshop.

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Votes For Women History TrailEdit

The Votes For Women History Trail, created as part of the federal Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, is administered by the Department of the Interior through the Women's Rights National Historical Park. The Trail is an automobile route that links sites throughout upstate New York important to the establishment of women's suffrage.

Sites on the trail include:

  • Susan B. Anthony House in Rochester
  • Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester
  • Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell Childhood Home in Henrietta
  • M'Clintock House in Waterloo
  • The Women's Rights National Historic Park itself
  • References

    Women's Rights National Historical Park Wikipedia