Turning the World Upside Down: The Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women, Held in New York City May 9-12, 1837
New York: The Feminist Press at the University of New York, 1987. First edition. Softcover. Generally fine, with light wear to the spine. First edition. Softcover wrappers/pamphlet. 32 pp. A documentation of the first public political meeting of U.S. women, who from nine Northern states met for three days in New York to speak and act on the abolition of slavery. Excerpts outline the responsibility of Northern women through "her voice, her pen, and her purse" to influence the overthrow of American slavery. Records such abolitionists as Anna Blackwell, Lydia Maria Child, Mary Grew, Angelina Grimke, Lucretia Mott, and more. Introduction by Dorothy Sterling. Near Fine. Item #AE29674
ISBN: 9780935312782
Price: $35.50