This book tells the story of the Women’s Rights Movement. The book also offers a guide to places to see and things to do within a twenty-five-mile radius of Seneca Falls, the site of the first Women’s Rights Convention, which was held on July 19-20, 1848.

    The social conditions with which women lived in the mid-1800s are described in the Prologue. Looking back from today, it is difficult to comprehend the social status imposed upon half of the population in the nineteenth century. The Introduction provides a brief history of the Women’s Rights Movement from the first demands for the vote to the ratification of the "Susan B. Anthony Amendment" to the Constitution in 1920.

    The book highlights the leaders of the Women’s Rights Movement who dedicated themselves to overcoming the obstacles in their way, including an unsympathetic society, an unresponsive government, and a hostile press. Eight stories of the pioneers of the Movement are included, in addition to nine stories about the struggle. The Women’s Rights Movement in England is described in a profile of the indomitable Pankhurst family.

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