Kamala Harris was waging a fierce campaign to become the first female president of the United States when I visited Seneca Falls last September. What a powerful moment, I thought, to explore this small town in western New York that’s considered the birthplace of the women’s rights movement.

 

Voters did not make history in 2024. I don’t have any sure answers as to why. But the struggle for equal rights for women continues to fall short in the U.S. I do know that everyone who values women’s roles in this country should visit Seneca Falls, where the first Women’s Rights Convention was convened in 1848.

 

My tour of the Women’s Rights National Historical Park reminded me how long women have fought for equality. And how much farther there is to go. The simple brick chapel where that determined group of women, and some men, first met to demand equal rights for women should serve as a catalyst for electing more women at all levels of our government.

 

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