Skip to main content
Home
Worcester Women's History Project (WWHP)

Main menu

  • About Us
    • Mission
    • Major Accomplishments & Awards
    • Events / Exhibits / Collaborations
    • Steering Committee
      • 1995-2005
      • 2004-2005
      • 2005-2006
      • 2006-2007
      • 2007-2008
      • 2008-2009
      • 2009-2010
  • News & Events
    • News Articles
    • Calendar of Events
      • 200th birthday of Abby Kelley Foster
      • Women in Print
    • Letters
      • Congress of the United States
      • James P. McGovern
      • Thomas R. Hoover
    • Women 2000
      • Highlights
      • "Angels and Infidels"
      • Workshops
      • Pre-Conference for Teachers
      • Speakers
      • Musical Events
      • Online Press Packet
        • Related News Articles
        • Sponsors, Funders, & Collaborations
      • Photos from the Conference
  • Activities & Exhibits
    • Mechanics Hall Portraits
      • Abby Kelley Foster
      • Clara Barton
      • Dorothea Lynde Dix
      • Lucy Stone
    • Oral History Project
      • Interview List
      • Higher Education Collaborative
      • Community Workshops/Events
      • Community Catalogue
        • Submission Form
      • Share Your Story!
      • Oral History Toolkit
        • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Partners & Funders
  • Historical Library
    • General Information
    • 1850 Convention
    • 1851 Convention
    • Anti-Slavery
    • Biographies
    • Related Websites
    • Diaries
    • Male Voices on Woman's Rights
    • Rediscovered Voices
    • Other Materials
  • Curricula
    • Making the World Better
    • Notable Women of Worcester County
    • United States Trek: September 2000 - May 2001
    • We're still hanging around-Can you find us?
    • Yours for Humanity —Abby
      • Overview
      • Timeline
      • Massachusetts History & Social Science Curriculum Framework Alignment Menu
      • Suggested Readings & Resources
  • Support WWHP
    • In Her Shoes
    • Voices of Worcester Women

1850 Convention

The first National Woman's Rights Convention resolved to support "equality for all, without distinction of sex or color," setting it apart from others of its day. Contemporaries saw it as the beginning of the organized women's rights movement.

  • Argument on Woman's Rights
  • Call to the Convention
  • Contemporary newspaper accounts of the 1850 Convention
  • Elizabeth Blackwell on the 1850 Women's Rights Convention
  • Harriet Taylor, "Enfranchisement of Women,"
  • Letters of Support Published in the Proceedings
  • Members of the 1850 Convention
  • Proceedings of the 1850 National Women's Rights Convention
  • The radical egalitarian agenda of the first National Woman's Rights Convention of 1850
  • Why Commemorate the 1850 Woman's Rights Convention?

Main navigation

  • About Us
  • News & Events
  • Activities & Exhibits
  • Historical Library
    • General Information
    • 1850 Convention
    • 1851 Convention
    • Anti-Slavery
    • Biographies
    • Related Websites
    • Diaries
    • Male Voices on Woman's Rights
    • Rediscovered Voices
    • Other Materials
  • Curricula
  • Support WWHP

Facebook

30 Elm Street - Worcester, MA 01609 - info [at] wwhp.org (info[at]wwhp[dot]org)

Copyright ©2025, Worcester Women’s History Project at Museum of Worcester