However here the pronoun he is a form of collective synecdoche a type of figurative speech in which the part represents the whole.
Declaration of sentiments cady stanton. The declaration of sentiments was read by elizabeth cady stanton then each paragraph was read discussed and sometimes slightly modified during the first day of the convention when only women had been invited and the few men present anyway were asked to be silent. The declaration of sentiments set the stage for their convening. Stanton addressed that men and women were created equal so they deserved equal rights also. Elizabeth cady stanton et al.
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. The declaration of sentiments seneca falls conference 1848 elizabeth cady stanton and lucretia mott two american activists in the movement to abolish slavery called together the first conference to address women s rights and issues in seneca falls new york in 1848. So begins the list of sentiments or grievances in stanton s declaration. Held in seneca falls new york the convention is now known as the seneca falls convention the principal author of the declaration was elizabeth cady stanton.
Elizabeth cady stanton s declaration of sentiments and resolutions impacted women s rights forever. Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made. Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. Declaration of sentiments lecture duration.
Stanton organized the seneca falls convention with lucretia mott who like her had been excluded from the world anti slavery convention in london eight years earlier. Sixty five years after the declaration twelve states extended voting rights to women and in 1920 women achieved this right nationally. Elizabeth cady stanton voiced the claims of the antebellum era conventioneers at seneca falls by adopting the same language of colonial revolutionaries decades prior. Declaration of sentiments and resolutions seneca falls 1848 on the morning of the 19th the convention assembled at 11 o clock.
In 1848 a historic assembly of women gathered in seneca falls new york the home of elizabeth cady stanton. Elizabeth cady stanton and the stronghold of the fortress. The declaration of sentiments offered for the acceptance of the convention was then read by e. In the declaration of independence the pronoun he explicitly referred to the tyrannical king george iii.