02155cmm a2200313 4500 214822202 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 060321s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780807876367 electronic bk. 0807876364 electronic bk. (OCoLC)65176914 N$T eng N$T OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCQ TUU OCLCQ MERUC TxAuBib Ginzberg, Lori D. Untidy origins [electronic resource] : a story of woman's rights in antebellum New York / Lori D. Ginzberg. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2005. 1 online resource (xiv, 222 p.) : 5 maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-212) and index. Puzzles : the female portion of community -- The limits of citizenship : equal, and civil and political rights -- Property and place : your memorialists inhabitants of Jefferson County -- Intellectual influences : arguments both numerous and decisive -- Politics and liberty : the government and laws under which they live -- The convention : modifying the present constitution of this state -- Concluding thoughts : sufficiently plain without argument. In 1846 - two years before the Seneca Falls convention that launched the movement for women's rights in the US - six women in upstate New York petitioned their state's constitutional convention, demanding "equal, and civil and political rights with men". Who were these women, and does their story change the story of women's rights? Women's rights New York (State) History 19th century. Women Political activity. Women United States Social conditions. Femmes Droits New York (État) Histoire 19e siècle. Femmes New York (État) Conditions sociales 19e siècle. Femmes en politique New York (État) Histoire 19e siècle. Social sciences Feminism & Feminist Theory. Electronic books. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=147558 EBSCOhost