The Ohio Women's Convention at Massillon in 1852 met on May 26, 1852 at Massillon, Ohio. At this meeting participants established the Ohio Women's Rights Association.
History
editThe Ohio Women's Convention met at Massillon, Ohio, on May 26,1852.[1] It was the third in a series of conventions held in Ohio to promote women's rights and was preceded by the Seneca Falls Convention and the Ohio Women's Convention at Akron in 1851.[2] Attendees of the convention were able to use the Pennsylvania and Ohio toll road at half-fair prices.[3] The president of the convention was Hannah Tracy Cutler.[4] The meeting was held in Massillon Baptist Chapel.[5] Attendees came from a broad range of social and economic backgrounds.[5] The convention had been organised by a six-person standing committee which had been formed at Akron.[6] The committee included Betsy Mix Cowles and Mary Whiting.[7] Caroline Severance was one of the notable speakers at the convention.[8]
The proceedings were published in The Anti-Slavery Bugle.[9] The convention received coverage in the national press, including in the New York Tribune.[5] Attendees voted to establish the Ohio Women's Rights Association (OWRA), which held its first meeting the following year in Ravenna.[2][10] Participants also drafted a constitution for the association.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Women's Rights Convention". The Summit County Beacon. 1852-05-12. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "First Women's Rights Movement - Ohio History Central". ohiohistorycentral.org. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "Women's Convention". The Summit County Beacon. 1852-05-26. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dodson, Angela P. (2017-05-23). Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box. Center Street. ISBN 978-1-4555-7095-9.
- ^ a b c Sarah Miller Little, A Woman of Property: From Being It to Controlling It - A Bicentennial Perspective on Women and Ohio Property Law, 1803 to 2003, 16 Hastings Women's L.J. 177 (2005).
- ^ "Women's Suffrage". Massillon Museum. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ a b Geary, Linda L. (1989). Balanced in the Wind: A Biography of Betsey Mix Cowles. Bucknell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8387-5154-1.
- ^ "Ohio Women's Rights Convention". The Baltimore Sun. 1852-05-29. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Isenberg, Nancy (2000-11-09). Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-6683-2.
- ^ "Massillon History Timeline". Massillon Museum. Retrieved 2021-07-14.