Women’s History Month -A National Park for Women’s Rights: The Campaign That Made It Happen

Celebrate Women’s History Month. Author Judy Hart will present on her book, A National Park for Women’s Rights: The Campaign That Made It Happen.

• This will be an online Zoom presentation.
• The GHA museum will be open for guests to view the webinar if they don’t have home access.
• The presentation will be recorded for those who cannot attend.
• Contact the GHA with questions.

In 1978 the author proposed  the development of The Women’s Rights National Historical Park. The park’s centerpiece is the Wesleyan Chapel that was the site of the1848 women’s rights conference that first called for the right for women to vote. However, in 1980 the Chapel was a deteriorating laundromat! This is her story of  bringing that dream to fruition –  challenging rules, flouting policies, and tenaciously leading the campaign – that took place almost in our back yard – to create a park that now holds and tells that story of being a woman during that era .