The spirit of Seneca Falls

An 1840 meeting that barred women sparked movements on two continents

My heart has been in Seneca Falls this week, looking back on a transformative event that took place there July 19-20, 175 years ago. That’s when Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented a resolution that she had written, demanding that American women gain the right to vote, one of 18 demands of the first Women’s Rights Convention. The other resolutions are a …