Women Rights

American and British women became active in anti-slavery movements in the 19th century. In 1837, an Antislavery Convention of American Women met in New York City with both black and white women participating. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had first met at the convention and also realized the need for a separate women's rights movement. At a London anti-slavery gathering, Stanton also met other women delegates such as Emily Winslow, Abby Southwick, Elizabeth Neal, Mary Grew, and Abby Kimber. During the MassachusettsAnti-slavery Society meetings, which Stanton and Winslow attended, the hosts refused to seat the women delegates. This resulted in a convention of their own to form a "society to advocate the rights of women". In 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York, Stanton and Winslow launched the women's rights movement, which became one of the most diverse social forces in American life.

Emily Winslow was one of the women delegates to the 1840 World Convention, who were not included in the painting of delegates