New England Woman’s Rights Convention

New England Woman’s Rights Convention

All undersigned respectfully invite

All citizens of New England who believe in the right of laborers to control their own earnings:

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All who believe in the right of adult Americans to have a voice in electing the Government whose laws control them:

To meet in Convention, at Boston, on FRIDAY, the 2d of June next, to consider whether these rights shall  continue to be limited to one half of the members of this community.

Signed by 31 people, including The. Wentworth Higginson, James Freeman Clarke, Lucy Stone, Wendell Phillips, William I. Bowditch, Wm Lloyd Garrison,   Adin Balou

(Liberator, May 19, 1854, pg 3)