A presentation in Seneca Falls next month will challenge the traditional narrative of the women’s rights movement, pointing to its roots in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Ciarrai Eaton, executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, will lead a program exploring how Haudenosaunee women influenced early leaders of the movement, including Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Matilda Joslyn Gage.
The talk, titled “Haudenosaunee Influence on the Women’s Rights Movement,” is scheduled for Tuesday, May 12 at 7 p.m. at the Seneca Falls Historical Society’s Becker Mansion. Organizers say the presentation will examine how Haudenosaunee social and political structures helped shape the ideas that fueled the push for women’s rights in the United States.
Admission is $8 for members of the Seneca Falls Historical Society or the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, and $10 for nonmembers. Advance registration is encouraged but not required.
The event will coincide with a monthlong exhibit at the Becker Mansion featuring panels on the same theme, on loan from the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation. The exhibit will be displayed in the mansion’s third-floor industry room, which also houses artifacts related to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
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