convention

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Vendors expected the convention to be packed with thousands of people, but Cenci said she saw only about 100 attendees a day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Photos of the event show a grey convention centre space with pink cardboard cut-out Barbie signs.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

And, at its core, it was simply a convention.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Although Iran has never ratified the convention, "the transit passage regime is widely regarded as part of customary international law," Marco Roscini, international law professor at Westminster Law School, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Advertised as “a convention to discuss the civil and religious condition and rights of women,” it was organized by women Quakers along with pioneering women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler