At the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y., a woman's rights convention--the first ever held in the United States--convenes with almost 200 women in attendance. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. As women, Mott and Stanton were ( Read more... )

April 2, 1805: Hans Christian Andersen is born

Hans Christian Andersen, one of the world's greatest storytellers, is born in Odensk, near Copenhagen ( Read more... )