Declaration of Sentiments

the fight for women’s right to vote. In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented her Declaration of Sentiments at a women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. In this document, Stanton explains the establishment of the oppressive patriarchy in the United States through the eyes of a feminist. Stanton’s Declaration lists reasons for the rebellious nature of the movement in the same way that the Declaration of Independence listed reasons for The United States’ denouncement of British…

Women fought for years to have the same equal rights as men and were able to sit down with their men counterparts during a meeting in the mid 1800’s to sign “The Declaration of Sentiments” in Seneca Falls, New York (1) . This declaration was to give women the same rights as men along with education and employment. Before such a meeting took place, women across the United States were limited to only being able to be housewives and not able to get the proper education to have the same type of jobs…

I chose to look at the document from the Seneca Falls Convention which included The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions. This document details the time leading up to and the outcome of the Seneca Falls Convention. Part of this document was detailing how the Convention came to be, by whom, and how it went. The main points of the Convention and the Declaration was to demand rights for women, particularly rights to be seen equal, as God intended, the right to vote, and the right in religious…

Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t I a Woman and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Declaration of Sentiments are feminist texts given and written, respectively, at Women’s Conventions around the country. Both texts demand equal rights for women. Ain’t I a Woman argues why women should be granted equal rights, while Declaration of Sentiments lists oppressions put on women by the patriarchal society. These are both some of the most influential feminist texts from the first wave feminist movement in the United States;…

How does the NOW statement of purpose echo the sentiments of the Seneca Falls Declaration? The NOW statement of purpose echoes the sentiments of the Seneca Falls Declaration through it stating that it wants equality with men. Both documents want to include women in all aspects of daily life and make them equal to men. The purpose that is echoed is that women no longer be ignored and treated beneath men when women have made just as many helpful contributions to society. The NOW statement aims…

The Declaration of Independence written in 1776 was the broadcast of American independence from Great Britain, whereas the lesser famous Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton was published in order to educate americans citizens of unjust women rights. Both of these declarations were created to serve a greater good in favor of equality and freedoms in the United States of America. Jeffersons declaration addresses the major issues within that time period ad…

movement. There the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was read by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, which grasp the attentions of many men that participated. This document sparked the pathway for equal women’s rights. It addressed the many complaints that impacted women during this period. Through their well crafted document, they hoped that it would change the mindset of an unequal country. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution blatantly plagiarizes the the Declaration of Independence…

first noteworthy American event for women’s rights was the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, there the Declaration of Sentiments was drafted and represented the women’s rights movement. The Declaration of Sentiments was written, inspired by the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Sentiments declares, ““We hold these truths to be self-evident,” proclaimed the Declaration of Sentiments that the delegates produced, “that all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their…

The media of the time was in frenzy. Women demanding to vote was a scandalous and an outlandish matter. The Declaration of Sentiments was often published and ridiculed in the public eye. The movement was already being attacked. Although, many were opposed to giving women their right’s. The Women’s Rights movement continue to move forward as planned. The movement optimistically…

this movement began at Seneca Falls when the women declared herself equal to the man. In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote women’s grievances in the Declaration of Sentiments. Stanton cleverly mimicked the Declaration of Independence format when she wrote these grievances in an effort to portray the irony of women’s injustice. Like the Declaration of Independence, she states all the unjust social roles woman had to accept and conform to. She states the irony in the man’s actions had an uncanny…