About this episode

The episode discusses the first women's rights convention in the U.S. and features a reading of a poem by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson.

The first women's rights convention in the U.S. opens in Seneca Falls, N.Y. and it is the birthday of writer Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson - with a reading of her poem "You! Inez!"

People in this episode

Host: Jon Brown

Topics covered

• women's rights
• history
• literature
• poetry
• activism

Keywords

• women's rights
• Seneca Falls
• Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
• poetry
• activism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: You! Inez!

Places: Seneca Falls, N.Y.

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