Rainy Night in London 1899
Rainy nights in London, 1899.
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Anti Slavery Convention in London 1840
The Seneca Falls Convention begins. The first ever women’s rights convention held in the United States–convened with almost 200 women in attendance. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. As women, Mott and Stanton were barred from the convention floor, and the common indignation that this aroused in both of them was the impetus for their founding of the women’s rights movement in the United States. For proclaiming a women’s right to vote in their Statement of Sentiments and Grievances, the Seneca Falls Convention was subjected to public ridicule, and some backers of women’s rights withdrew their support. However, the resolution marked the beginning of the women’s suffrage movement in America. The Seneca Falls Convention was followed two weeks later by an even larger meeting in Rochester, N.Y. Thereafter, national woman’s rights conv...
London Milkman 1940
A London milkman sticking to his schedule despite the German bombing raid in 1940.