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In 1848 she and mott convened the first women s rights convention held in seneca falls n y.
Declaration of sentiments britannica. Stanton read a declaration of sentiments she had written that was modeled on the declaration of independence. 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 three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. Declaration of sentiments. Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature s god entitle them a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should. Text of the declaration of independence. Elizabeth stanton circulated a petition that led to a statute recognizing the property rights of married women in new york. Attendees at the seneca falls convention of 1848 signed the declaration of sentiments which outlined the rights that american women should be entitled to as citizens.
Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. Written by the editors of encyclopaedia britannica. At the 1848 convention stanton read the declaration of sentiments a statement of grievances and demands patterned closely after the declaration of independence it called upon women to organize and to petition for their rights. Last year britannica honored 100 trailblazing women who left their indelible marks on the world whether conducting groundbreaking research or guiding others to freedom as a conductor on the underground railroad.
Elizabeth cady stanton american leader in the women s rights movement who in 1848 formulated the first organized demand for woman suffrage in the united states. Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made. This year we focus on the women who made their name at the ballot box. 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.
Declaration of sentiments when in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied but one to which the laws of nature and of nature s god entitle them a decent respect to the opinions of mankind.