WCCA TV Specials: National Women’s Rights Convention, Part One

On October 22, 2025, Jen Pichierri of WCCA TV attended the 175th National Women’s Rights Convention at Mechanics Hall. On October 23–24, 1850, over 1,000 people—including Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Lucy Stone—gathered in Brinley Hall in Worcester for the first National Women’s Rights Convention, a groundbreaking event that sparked a global movement. Exactly 175 years later, the Worcester Women’s History Project (WWHP) at the Museum of Worcester (MOW) brought that history to life with a modern two-day convention exploring women’s rights then and now—reproductive freedom, pay equity, inclusion, constitutional protections, and more—featuring national speakers, exhibits, performances, and a youth delegation.