A panel discussion and book signing were held recently at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls to introduce a new book from Cornell University Press titled “A National Park for Women’s Rights, The Campaign That Made It Happen.”
As told by Judy Hart, its visionary founder and first superintendent, the park’s story is one of struggle and perseverance, opposition and solidarity.
Hart narrates the uphill battle she fought to secure the park’s location—on the site of the first women’s rights convention in 1848—and to gain respect for the idea of a park dedicated to women’s rights from 1978, when she first championed its creation to the triumphant moment in 1982 when the park opened its doors, and following years.
Watch the panel discussion from Duprey Video Productions.
