Commemorating the 150th Anniversary
of the Women's Rights Convention
at Seneca Falls

1998 marked the 150th anniversary of the Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York. The convention, the first of its kind, produced The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, which has been called the most important document in the history of American feminism and which inaugurated the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Rutgers University Libraries joined in the countrywide celebration of this historic occasion with a series of events entitled “The Pivotal Right”: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls." The title is a quotation from Susan B. Anthony's “The Status of Women, Past, Present and Future,” published in The Arena in 1897: "suffrage is the pivotal right...”, meaning that the right to vote was the key which would unlock the doors to women's equality.

This virtual exhibit is the product of collaborative efforts by Dr. Ferris Olin and Dr. Fernanda Perrone, who are responsible for its content and consulted on its design, and Joshua Carr, principal site architect and designer.