“Woman 's degradation is in man 's idea of his sexual rights. Our religion, laws, customs, are all founded on the belief that woman was made for man.”
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It was a time of drastic changes in politics, and mindsets of most, many people were pushing for the abolition of slavery, a sentiment that had come to the public eye in recent years. In the years leading up to 1848 the nation 's laws and traditions upheld the subordination of women, and it was time for a change (McMillen 4). However, women were still being oppressed, and as Elizabeth Cady Stanton said, thought to be made for man. Lucretia Mott was angered when she was consistently denied admittance to many abolitionist groups, and was denied a chair at the World Conference …show more content…
At this very convention, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and together they would organize the First Woman’s Rights Convention, of many, in Seneca Falls, New York. The Seneca Falls Convention sparked the Women’s Rights movement in the United States by being the first of its kind, the influential attendees and …show more content…
In total the meeting drew 240 attendees (Casey), a significantly large amount considering the organizers did not know if anyone would even show up. This indicates that the movement was not something to be ignored, or would be insignificant, it would be something that many could agree upon, and originate their own approach to women 's rights issues. As for the organizers, all of them would continue on to play vital roles in the movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was one of the main organizers of the event (Penney), was to go on to form the National Woman’s Loyal League, a group of women who gathered 400,000 signatures in favor of the thirteenth amendment. The group was significant because it was able to provide women the experience they needed to achieve suffrage in a methodical fashion. She would also publish The Woman’s Bible, A controversial text that interpreted the Bible as a tool used in the suppression of Women, along with being the first woman to run for congress. By accomplishing these feats as a woman began to create new areas of profession that could be pursued to women, and change societal views that a women could not accomplish what they put their minds to. Lucretia Mott, another organizer of the event, was able to also publish effectual text, her Discourse on Women, which discussed the roles
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It was a time of drastic changes in politics, and mindsets of most, many people were pushing for the abolition of slavery, a sentiment that had come to the public eye in recent years. In the years leading up to 1848 the nation 's laws and traditions upheld the subordination of women, and it was time for a change (McMillen 4). However, women were still being oppressed, and as Elizabeth Cady Stanton said, thought to be made for man. Lucretia Mott was angered when she was consistently denied admittance to many abolitionist groups, and was denied a chair at the World Conference …show more content…
At this very convention, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and together they would organize the First Woman’s Rights Convention, of many, in Seneca Falls, New York. The Seneca Falls Convention sparked the Women’s Rights movement in the United States by being the first of its kind, the influential attendees and …show more content…
In total the meeting drew 240 attendees (Casey), a significantly large amount considering the organizers did not know if anyone would even show up. This indicates that the movement was not something to be ignored, or would be insignificant, it would be something that many could agree upon, and originate their own approach to women 's rights issues. As for the organizers, all of them would continue on to play vital roles in the movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was one of the main organizers of the event (Penney), was to go on to form the National Woman’s Loyal League, a group of women who gathered 400,000 signatures in favor of the thirteenth amendment. The group was significant because it was able to provide women the experience they needed to achieve suffrage in a methodical fashion. She would also publish The Woman’s Bible, A controversial text that interpreted the Bible as a tool used in the suppression of Women, along with being the first woman to run for congress. By accomplishing these feats as a woman began to create new areas of profession that could be pursued to women, and change societal views that a women could not accomplish what they put their minds to. Lucretia Mott, another organizer of the event, was able to also publish effectual text, her Discourse on Women, which discussed the roles