We began our day with a (virtual) drive from Québec City to Seneca Falls, New York. There we visited Ranger Nicole from Women's Rights National Historical Park. Ranger Nicole told us the story about Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Katy Stanton, and the other women who organized the first women's rights convention in 1848. We were shocked when Ranger Nicole told us that, back then, women couldn't go to college, travel alone, or vote. It was also the case that married women couldn't own property or make legal decisions about their own children. Things sure weren't fair between men and women in the new American society. Things did improve, however. But it took until 1920 for women to be given the right to vote.

After Ranger Nicole left we watched part of a video of an actress recreating the first women's rights convention and reading the "Declaration of Sentiments" that declares that "all men and women are created equal." Then we had a p4c discussion. The wondering that we talked about was this: "What do you think made men think that women were weaker and essentially less capable than men?"

After this we virtually travelled to New York City. Then in the afternoon we had a VRT p4c Book Club meeting. We talked about our current book The Phantom Tollbooth and played the p4c "Kiss Game" where you have to think of ambiguous words. We ended our day with our first Zoom Art Class of the summer. It was really nice to see Aunty Janell again. We drew together; creating drawings that shared our stories and who we are. That was a really nice end to a great second week of VRT 2022. Can't wait until next week!