LibGuides: Women's History: Local History

Dr. Mary Walker

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was born in the Town of Oswego, NY. She served as a surgion with the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Obituary of Dr. Mary E. Walker: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyoswego/obits/walkermary.html

Women's History in Central New York

Central New York is an important area for Women's History. This local area was home to Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman physician; Susan B. Anthony, leader in the woman's sufferage movement; Sojourner Truth, reknown abloitionist, preacher and advocate of women's rights; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, social activist, abolitionist and leader of the women's rights movement; Matilda Joslyn Gage, early women's rights leader and abolitionist; Harriet Tubman, civil rights activist and leader of the Underground Railroad; and Dr. Mary Walker, American Civil War surgeon.

The first Women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls on July 19 and 20, 1848.

Local Museums for Women's Rights

Home of Matilda Joslyn Gage
Home of the local activist for Civil Rights in Fayetteville, NY
Susan B. Anthony Home
The Rochester home of the legendary American civil rights leader during the most politically active period of her life and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872.
The Harriet Tubman Home
The Harriet Tubman Home preserves the legacy of "The Moses of Her People" in the place where she lived and died in freedom.

Seneca Falls & Women's Rights

Women's Rights National Historical Park
The park commemorates women's struggle for equal rights, and the First Women's Rights Convention, held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY on July 19 and 20, 1848.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House
Elizabeth Cady Stanton helped organize the 1848 First Woman's Rights Convention and launched the reform movement for women's rights.