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Women's Rights National Historical Park
Pathways to Equality: Traveling History Classroom
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This Traveling History Classroom contains a hands-on study of the antislavery movement and Quakers, and how they influenced the First Women's Rights Convention. It includes a study guide that used documents, images, diary and letter excerpts, and reproduction items and clothing to explore how Quakers and antislavery reformers brought about the Seneca Falls Convention.
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Radical Hospitality at the M'Clintock Home
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Thomas and Mary Ann M'Clintock made this their home for 20 years. They ran a local business, led the local Quaker Monthly Meeting, and were involved in almost every reform activity in Western New York. On July 16, 1848, Mary Ann M'Clintock hosted a session for the First Women's Rights Convention where planners drafted a document they called the Declaration of Sentiments proclaiming that "all men and women are created equal."
Women's Rights National Historical Park
The Works of Faith: The Hunt Family Legacy
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
When Richard Hunt first came to Waterloo, NY in 1821, he found a boom town. He and his second wife, Jane, were closely associated with local Quaker families, and intimately engaged in local business ventures. Through their faith and their industry they effected change in the community, and beyond. Explore their works--from the Underground Railroad to their woolen mill, to the tea party that set off a rebellion.