Samar Ebeid
Professor Pitanza
English 151
March 8th 2017
As a Half of the Community
Imagine yourself as a female who is living in the era before 1884; before the Declaration of Sentiments was written. Imagine yourself as a mother, a wife and an individual who has no rights, like a piece of property with no voice. Just by imagining that in the 21st century, it will blow people's minds but what about people back then? Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an early leader of the woman's rights movement, writing the Declaration of Sentiments as a call to arms for female equality. She was born on November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an abolitionist and leading figure of the early women's movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments …show more content…
It was one of the huge changes in the history because by signing that piece of paper, women have the right to vote, speak in public and be equal to the men in term of rights. Before the Declaration of Sentiments, women had no rights at that time especially if she was married as Stanton mentioned in line 8 in the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions “He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.” (Stanton 273) “Civilly dead” refers to the fact that, due to marriage, a woman’s legal rights were classified by her husband. This was part of the laws of England and the United States throughout most of the 1800s. The idea was described in William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England like so, “By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband.” This shows women were under the control of their husbands and they have nothing to do because they were like a piece of property that the husband can do whatever he wants with
Professor Pitanza
English 151
March 8th 2017
As a Half of the Community
Imagine yourself as a female who is living in the era before 1884; before the Declaration of Sentiments was written. Imagine yourself as a mother, a wife and an individual who has no rights, like a piece of property with no voice. Just by imagining that in the 21st century, it will blow people's minds but what about people back then? Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an early leader of the woman's rights movement, writing the Declaration of Sentiments as a call to arms for female equality. She was born on November 12, 1815, in Johnstown, New York, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an abolitionist and leading figure of the early women's movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments …show more content…
It was one of the huge changes in the history because by signing that piece of paper, women have the right to vote, speak in public and be equal to the men in term of rights. Before the Declaration of Sentiments, women had no rights at that time especially if she was married as Stanton mentioned in line 8 in the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions “He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.” (Stanton 273) “Civilly dead” refers to the fact that, due to marriage, a woman’s legal rights were classified by her husband. This was part of the laws of England and the United States throughout most of the 1800s. The idea was described in William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England like so, “By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband.” This shows women were under the control of their husbands and they have nothing to do because they were like a piece of property that the husband can do whatever he wants with