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It is a document signed in 1848 by 100 out of the 300 people who attended the first women s rights convention.
Declaration of sentiments author. The declaration of sentiments was a document that was mainly written by elizabeth cady stanton in 1848 at the first women s rights convention. The declaration of sentiments and the resolutions adopted by the seneca falls convention is hailed for its groundbreaking demands like insisting that men be held to the same moral standards as. Scholastic it was based on the declaration of independence and described the types if discrimination women faced in america. Elizabeth cady stanton drafted the declaration of sentiments for women s rights suffrage at wesleyan chapel at seneca falls new york on july 19 1848.
In 1833 the american anti slavery society was formed. Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. A proposition was made to have it re read by paragraph and after much consideration some changes were suggested and adopted. Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made.
Men were there as well as women and the matter at hand was women s position in american society and the rights of women or the. It s proper name is the declaration of rights and sentiments. Elizabeth cady stanton was the author of the declaration of sentiments. Declaration of sentiments document outlining the rights that american women should be entitled to as citizens that emerged from the seneca falls convention in new york in july 1848.
The declaration of sentiments also known as the declaration of rights and sentiments is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men 100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women s rights convention to be organized by women. She presented at the first women s rights convention. The declaration of sentiments was written to argue against slavery in moral legal and biblical terms. The propriety of obtaining the signatures of men to the declaration.
The declaration of sentiments offered for the acceptance of the convention was then read by e. William lloyd garrison s newspaper the liberator had won praise and it lead to this document. In 1848 a group of people met in seneca falls new york.