1859 Womens Rights Convention NYC, Dickens Tale of Two Cities, Italian War — Jun For Sale

🗞️ HARPERS WEEKLY · June 11, 1859
Complete Issue · New historically significant Antebellum issue — a full-page illustration of the Womens Rights Convention at Mozart Hall in New York City, published two years before the Civil War suspended the womens rights movement for a decade; illustrations of the Italian War; New Yorks floating hospital; and a continuing Dickens serialization. A primary document of the early womens rights movement at one of its key annual WOMENS RIGHTS CONVENTION — MOZART HALL, NEW FULL PAGE — "YE MAY SESSION OF YE WOMANS RIGHTS CONVENTION" — MOZART HALL, NEW YORK CITY
A full-page illustration of the Womens Rights Convention at Mozart Hall in New York City — one of the annual National Womens Rights Conventions that had been held every year since 1850, bringing together the leading voices of the womens suffrage and rights movement. The 1859 convention — held in May at Mozart Hall on Broadway — featured speakers including Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and other pioneers of the movement who were demanding voting rights, property rights, and legal equality for women. Harpers Weeklys use of the archaic "Ye" framing signals its comic-satirical treatment of the convention — a reflection of mainstream societys ambivalence about womens rights in 1859. But the illustration itself is a primary document of the organized womens rights movement at a pivotal moment: the Civil War would soon consume the nations reform energies, and it would be another sixty years before women won the vote with the 19th Amendment in 1920. A significant piece of womens rights history, suffrage history, and American social reform CHARLES DICKENS — "A TALE OF TWO CITIES" CONTINUING SERIALIZATION — "A TALE OF TWO CITIES" BY CHARLES DICKENS
A continuing installment of A Tale of Two Cities — the novel whose themes of social justice and womens sacrifice resonate alongside the Womens Rights Convention content in this same issue. A significant piece of Victorian literary THE FLOATING TEXT AND THREE ILLUSTRATIONS — "THE FLOATING HOSPITAL IN THE LOWER BAY" — NEW YORK
Three illustrations of New Yorks Floating Hospital — the remarkable vessel that took sick children from the sweltering tenements of lower Manhattan out into the cool breezes of New York Harbor and Lower Bay for fresh air and medical treatment, one of the great philanthropic innovations of Gilded Age New York. The Floating Hospital was founded in 1875 but its precursors in 1859 were already operating — a significant piece of New York City public health and maritime charity INSIDE THE FRONT PAGE — "THE TALKING FISH" AND "THE FIGHTING TIGER OF KING OF OUDE"
Two front-page curiosity illustrations — a talking fish and a fighting tiger from the court of the exiled King of Oudh — vivid pieces of Victorian natural history curiosity and South Asian history, the King of Oudh having been deposed by the British East India Company during the annexation of 1856.⚔️ SEVERAL ILLUSTRATIONS — THE WAR IN EUROPE
Illustrations of the ongoing Second Italian War of Independence — continuing Harpers Weeklys comprehensive coverage of the Risorgimento photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and dont hesitate to ask any questions — Im happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you ········ Harpers Weekly
Date ··············· June 11, 1859
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 SHIPPING & Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement
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