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May 25, 1853
Staunton Spectator
Staunton, Virginia
What is this article about?
Women excluded from the World's Temperance Convention in New York held their own meeting, with speeches by Lucy Stone and Frederick Douglass criticizing the exclusion and advocating for women's rights.
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New York week before last, but would not allow the "strong minded women" to take part in their proceedings. This very much excited that interesting class of society, which held a grand meeting of their own, Monday night, in which they were revenged by berating the men who had silenced their voices in the first meeting, to their heart's content. Lucy Stone gave it to them hot and heavy. Some of the other sex were present to condole with them—among them that man of strong caste, Fred. Douglass, who made a speech for woman's rights. The bold and determined feminines—in and out of Bloomers—said some very sharp things. A man woman, or a woman's-man, who spoke strenuously for the rights of women, compared the meeting of the World's Temperance Convention and the exclusion of women therefrom, to a convocation of the solar system and exclusion of the sun from its deliberations.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Women's Rights
Temperance Convention
Exclusion Of Women
Lucy Stone
Frederick Douglass
New York Meeting
What entities or persons were involved?
Lucy Stone
Fred. Douglass
Where did it happen?
New York
Story Details
Key Persons
Lucy Stone
Fred. Douglass
Location
New York
Event Date
Week Before Last, Monday Night
Story Details
Women excluded from the World's Temperance Convention in New York held a separate meeting to criticize the men and advocate for women's rights, with speeches by Lucy Stone and Frederick Douglass.