Philadelphia Convention

treated as if they were beneath men. For centuries, women have been treated as the underdog. They always were treated like the outcast. When she wrote the Declaration of Sentiment’s she presented it in front of participants from the first women’s convention. It was also presented around the same time as the Declaration of Independence but was also adopted by congress. The selection was mainly stating the position of the Declaration of Sentiments varies…

civic intelligence that was influenced by her father’s profession as lawyer. When she was young, Stanton admired her cousin Garret Smith an abolitionist and eventually followed her footsteps in adulthood where she attended variety of antislavery conventions and campaigned for women’s economic rights on a legislative level. Nonetheless, Stanton sought for a dramatic change in her life and her prayers were answered in 1851, when she met fellow activist Susan B. Anthony. The two became inseparable…

For this essay, I will be reviewing music in a social context. I attended First Baptist Church in Denton, Texas on October 25, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. I have attended this specific church once before and fell in love with its music and atmosphere. The atmosphere of the church feels very warm, comfortable, and cozy. Both the coordinators and members of the church are very welcoming as they greeted everyone that walks through the doors. The deacons, or coordinators, led us to seating to wait until the…

abolition, and through the course of the Civil War the woman’s right movement was placed in damper. Despite these obstacles the women’s right movement was able to prevail. The 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…

support for Native Americans, African Americans, and women.” The Seneca Falls Convention would have probably never happened if it wasn’t for Lucretia Mott, Martha Wright, Mary McClintock, and Jane Hunt coming into Stanton’s life and supporting her as a leader. Lucretia Mott was one of the main supporters behind Stanton in a convention. It all started when all women were denied a seat at the international London convention due to our gender. That is where Stanton and Mott met. Mott was 47 and…

they both state that women should and have the same rights as men, but the creator had given women “inalienable rights: that among these were life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” (1). The point had come from the women at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The version I think that is best and I think should be passed down in our generations to citizens…

The cult of domesticity is what defined a true woman in the mid to late 1800’s. With this mindset of true womanhood, a lady was expected to be pious, pure, domestic, and submissive. Piety was an important quality for a woman to have, because she was supposed to be the spiritual leader of the family. A woman’s purpose, as far as piety went, was to bring her husband back to God. Next, a woman was to be pure. The main point of purity was for a woman to stay faithful to her husband sexually, but it…

On July 19, 1848, the convention in Seneca Falls, New York attracted both men and women who were interested in the rights of women. The two-day meeting started something big. Women all over the country began speaking up about their rights. Even though the public did not want to listen, these brave people helped shape America into what it is today. This meeting eventually led to the Nineteenth Amendment around 70 years later. The amendment gave women the right to vote and women began feeling…

create a discrimination and inequality between genders among the American people. Because of this problem, women were trying to protest the government and call for female suffrage. They wants to proclaim their rights and equality. So they formed a convention in Seneca Fall, New York, in July 1848, and draft the Declaration of Sentiments to prove their points.…

rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY and lasted until the passing of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote. The Seneca Falls Convention was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who is regarded as one the early leaders of the women rights movement. At the convention Stanton “read a ‘Declaration of Sentiments,’ which in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence declared that ‘all men and women are created equal” (Kennedy Cohen Bailey 332). The convention…