Barbara Welters assessed the values and ideals of women in the nineteenth century, surmising there were four traits perceived to be inherent to a “True Woman,” in her analysis on gender roles in both self identity and identity within the community. According to Welters, “The attributes of True Womanhood, by which a woman judged herself and was judged by… could be divided into four cardinal virtues-piety, purity, submissiveness and domesticity.” Piety, …show more content…
The Declaration of Sentiments spoke to a larger issue of gender equity- specifically the desire to vote. In many ways, the women that experimented with influence were privileged, they had substantial time and financial resources to devote to their causes. Their ventures in gradualism were afforded to them by their socioeconomic cushioning. While their work was crucial to the integrity and credibility of the women’s suffrage movement, it did not convey the sense of urgency women of color and working class women felt towards