<p>The end of the Civil War created new discussions about citizenship and voting rights in the United States. Women and newly freed African Americans both pushed for expanded civil rights during Reconstruction. However, a proposed 15th Amendment only barred racial discrimination at the polls while saying nothing about gender discrimination. Various activists such as Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton faced a crossroads: should they push for voting rights for women and African Americans at the same time, or did one group's needs trump the other in the short term? Historian and Curator Nick Sacco explores the ways the 15th Amendment caused severe splits in the women's rights movement during Reconstruction. </p>

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History Talk: The 15th Amendment and the Women's Rights Movement

Ulysses S. Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and the 18th President of the United States. He first met Julia Dent, his future wife, at her family home, named White Haven. From 1854 to 1859 the Dents, Grants and an enslaved African-American workforce lived on the property.

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White Haven in Autumn

view of house from side and back. The house has several additions. Stone summer kitchen on right

White Haven

To the left is the ice house and to right is chicken house.

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Winter at White Haven

View of house from front with budding tree branch in foreground that is also covered in ice.

White Haven in Early Spring

Ulysses S Grant

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site’s hours of operation are 9AM – 5PM, with the last tour of the historic house at 4 pm.

History Talk: The 15th Amendment and the Women's Rights Movement

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