SHE found herself releasing "the torrent of my long-accumulating discontent, with such vehemence and indignation, that I stirred myself as well as the rest of the party to do and to dare anything." The quote is Elizabeth Cady Stanton's noted in the book THE LADIES OF SENECA FALLS by Miriam Gurko. This was the impetus for the convention in July of 1848 that began the fight for the rights of women – to vote, speak our minds, and determine the direction of our own lives. At this time women had few unquestioned rights. The laws varied, but social convention kept most women in check until the day that Mrs. Stanton’s frustration boiled over.
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