Declaration Of Sentiments Analysis

The life of the American people during the nineteenth century was very difference from what people are experiencing in today society. Living a life during this time would be a lot more complicated then what people can imagined, especially for women. The people during the American colonial period were treat men above women. They all think that men are the one who supposed to be the one who in charge every things. The role of the a man in this society was the person who work and have absolute control over women, while women only need to stay home and taking care of the housework and their children. This create a discrimination and inequality between genders among the American people. Because of this problem, women were trying to protest the government and call for female suffrage. They wants to proclaim their rights and equality. So they formed a convention in Seneca Fall, New York, in July 1848, and draft the Declaration of Sentiments to prove their points. …show more content…
The contents within the document is similar, but the target changed from the Great Britain to the American Government. For example, the document started with “We hold these truth to be self – evident: that all men and women are created equal.” (Seneca Fall Declaration). This statement is exact the same as the statement from the Declaration of the Independence. The only difference is it add the word “and women” next to the word “men” in the middle of the sentence. This is a very strong and valid statement because it is located at the beginning of the second paragraph of this document. In addition, this sentence clearly show what is the thing that they want. The purpose of this document is to point out the fact that the women do not have the same right as the men and have less opportunity then the men. It also implied that the women should have equal rights as the