Women's Rights National Historical Park

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Women's Rights National Historical Park
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Map showing the location of Women's Rights National Historical Park
Map showing the location of Women's Rights National Historical Park
Location Seneca County, New York, USA
Nearest city Seneca Falls, NY
Coordinates 42°54′39″N 76°48′05″W / 42.91083°N 76.80139°W / 42.91083; -76.80139Coordinates: 42°54′39″N 76°48′05″W / 42.91083°N 76.80139°W / 42.91083; -76.80139
Established December 8, 1980
Visitors 18,239 (in 2005)
Governing body National Park Service
The remains of the Wesleyan Chapel.

Women's Rights National Historical Park was established in 1980, and covers a total of 6.83 acres (27,600 m²) of land in Seneca Falls and nearby Waterloo, New York.

The park consists of four major historical properties including the Wesleyan Chapel, site of the First Women's Rights Convention. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, and the homes of other early women's rights activists (the M'Clintock House and the Richard Hunt House) are also on display. The park includes a Visitor Center and an Education and Cultural Center housing the Suffrage Press Printshop.

[edit] Votes For Women History Trail

The Votes For Women History Trail, created as part of the federal Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, is administered by the Department of the Interior through the Women's Rights National Historic Park. The Trail is an automobile route that links sites throughout upstate New York important to the establishment of women's suffrage.

Sites on the trail include (among others):

[edit] External links


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