Shaina Lubliner
We hear the cries for gender equality almost daily in the 21st century. With the increase in the use of social media, people can broadcast their opinions left and right about feminism, meninism, and everything in between. It is nearly impossible to go a day without seeing someone’s opinion on gender equality in the United States broadcasted on the Internet. This struggle for equal rights has been around since the 19th century. The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was one of the first times women stood up for themselves and empowered others to stand with them for equal rights. Since that momentous day, women have used their voices to speak out against the injustices their male counterparts put them through. Today, celebrities …show more content…
The convention was spearheaded by two American activists named Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, women who were active abolitionists as well as women’s rights supporters. The inspiration for the convention came from an incident during which Mott had been refused the right to speak at the World Anti-Slavery convention in London, despite the fact that she was an official delegate. At the Seneca Falls convention, the delegates wrote The Declarations of Rights and Sentiments, a document modeled off of the Declaration of Independence. The declaration conveyed the message that men and women are born equal and therefore deserve to be treated with equal rights. At the end of the convention, sixty-eight women and thirty-two men signed the document. This meeting was instrumental in demanding respect for women in American …show more content…
The main role of the woman in society was to marry and have kids. Although women were counted in the census for representation, they were unable to own property, and therefore could not vote. A woman was meant to stay in the home. However, the Second Great Awakening inspired women. The change from predestination to evangelical beliefs brought by reformers made women start to question the practices accepted by society. Women began to protest against slavery as well as in support of the Temperance Movement and reforms to prison and education. Most importantly, for the first time women protested for women’s rights. This movement was a direct result of the abolitionist movement. Many prominent women, Lucretia Mott included, involved in the fight against slavery attended the Seneca Falls Convention because they were not allowed to speak at many important abolitionist meetings. Although the publication of the Declaration of Sentiments was radical for its time, women were able to enter the public eye and lead the way toward breaking women out of the home. The Declaration of Sentiments paved the road for things as significant as the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, as well as things as seemingly small yet monumental as trousers and tunics for
We hear the cries for gender equality almost daily in the 21st century. With the increase in the use of social media, people can broadcast their opinions left and right about feminism, meninism, and everything in between. It is nearly impossible to go a day without seeing someone’s opinion on gender equality in the United States broadcasted on the Internet. This struggle for equal rights has been around since the 19th century. The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was one of the first times women stood up for themselves and empowered others to stand with them for equal rights. Since that momentous day, women have used their voices to speak out against the injustices their male counterparts put them through. Today, celebrities …show more content…
The convention was spearheaded by two American activists named Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, women who were active abolitionists as well as women’s rights supporters. The inspiration for the convention came from an incident during which Mott had been refused the right to speak at the World Anti-Slavery convention in London, despite the fact that she was an official delegate. At the Seneca Falls convention, the delegates wrote The Declarations of Rights and Sentiments, a document modeled off of the Declaration of Independence. The declaration conveyed the message that men and women are born equal and therefore deserve to be treated with equal rights. At the end of the convention, sixty-eight women and thirty-two men signed the document. This meeting was instrumental in demanding respect for women in American …show more content…
The main role of the woman in society was to marry and have kids. Although women were counted in the census for representation, they were unable to own property, and therefore could not vote. A woman was meant to stay in the home. However, the Second Great Awakening inspired women. The change from predestination to evangelical beliefs brought by reformers made women start to question the practices accepted by society. Women began to protest against slavery as well as in support of the Temperance Movement and reforms to prison and education. Most importantly, for the first time women protested for women’s rights. This movement was a direct result of the abolitionist movement. Many prominent women, Lucretia Mott included, involved in the fight against slavery attended the Seneca Falls Convention because they were not allowed to speak at many important abolitionist meetings. Although the publication of the Declaration of Sentiments was radical for its time, women were able to enter the public eye and lead the way toward breaking women out of the home. The Declaration of Sentiments paved the road for things as significant as the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, as well as things as seemingly small yet monumental as trousers and tunics for