Women’s rights movements were mainly formed in the 1840s and 1850s; these years were the most significant in relation to these movements. Women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were prominent figures in these movements. Stanton was an eloquent strategist, orator, philosopher, and publicist of the women’s rights movement. She worked hard to end discrimination against women alongside Susan B. Anthony. As a result, Stanton was the prime mover behind the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights in 1848. Later on, Stanton wrote her speech/manifesto “Address to the Legislature of New York on Women’s Rights” in 1854 to demonstrate that men and women should be treated as equals. Her speech was essential to improve the status of
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She emphasizes that “the wife inherits no property [and] holds about the same legal position that does the slave of the Southern plantation.” Here, Stanton declares that women are then equal to slaves if they do not hold the same rights as free white men. She convinces her audience/readers by making this eloquent statement that clearly demonstrates that women are subjugated and seen as equally inferior as slaves. Evidently, the country would seem as unchanging as a democracy since women, like slaves, could not vote or have any of the actual freedom and rights as men do. Also, since the Civil War was nearing, there were abolitionists who had started fighting for slave rights. In relation, Stanton’s position on trying to obtain rights for women would be more logical because it would incite questions on why, if slaves were on the verge of obtaining freedom, did free women not have any actual rights. Clearly, slavery and female discrimination/subjugation were no different in a society still overpowered by white men. Thus, it would convince her audience because it would incite second-thinking in others and men, making them realize that women and slaves were, in fact, …show more content…
In her speech, Stanton proclaims that the country should abide by “Christ’s golden rule: ‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” which then continues to say, “We ask no better laws than those you have made for yourselves.” This accentuates that women only want to be treated how men are treated, nothing more. This biblical reference that is still used in the present still effectively asserts that men should treat women as they, themselves, would want to be treated by others. It should be evident that men would want to have the same rights if the roles were reversed because no one would want to feel inferior to the opposite sex, especially in a country that should be all about equality. Here, Stanton stresses that all the rights provided to men should equally belong to women also because females have done nothing but aspire to take a greater role in society, which would exhibit the unjustness that women are subject to if they do not have the same treatment. Thus, men and women should be equal in all aspects of life because men would not want to be treated as women were in that
She emphasizes that “the wife inherits no property [and] holds about the same legal position that does the slave of the Southern plantation.” Here, Stanton declares that women are then equal to slaves if they do not hold the same rights as free white men. She convinces her audience/readers by making this eloquent statement that clearly demonstrates that women are subjugated and seen as equally inferior as slaves. Evidently, the country would seem as unchanging as a democracy since women, like slaves, could not vote or have any of the actual freedom and rights as men do. Also, since the Civil War was nearing, there were abolitionists who had started fighting for slave rights. In relation, Stanton’s position on trying to obtain rights for women would be more logical because it would incite questions on why, if slaves were on the verge of obtaining freedom, did free women not have any actual rights. Clearly, slavery and female discrimination/subjugation were no different in a society still overpowered by white men. Thus, it would convince her audience because it would incite second-thinking in others and men, making them realize that women and slaves were, in fact, …show more content…
In her speech, Stanton proclaims that the country should abide by “Christ’s golden rule: ‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” which then continues to say, “We ask no better laws than those you have made for yourselves.” This accentuates that women only want to be treated how men are treated, nothing more. This biblical reference that is still used in the present still effectively asserts that men should treat women as they, themselves, would want to be treated by others. It should be evident that men would want to have the same rights if the roles were reversed because no one would want to feel inferior to the opposite sex, especially in a country that should be all about equality. Here, Stanton stresses that all the rights provided to men should equally belong to women also because females have done nothing but aspire to take a greater role in society, which would exhibit the unjustness that women are subject to if they do not have the same treatment. Thus, men and women should be equal in all aspects of life because men would not want to be treated as women were in that