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3 4 july 19 1848 5 6 when in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one portion of the 7 family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that.
Declaration of sentiments complaints. To begin the declaration of sentiments restates the preamble to the declaration of. When a women does something it receives an uproar of ridicule whereas a man doing the same would receive little of account. Of the 300 attendees at the convention 100 total people signed the declaration 68 women and 32 men. In what way does the declaration of sentiments describe a double standard of morality for men and women.
Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. The declaration based on the declaration of independence demanded equality between sexes before the law in education and employment. Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made. There were many grievances expressed in the declaration of sentiments at the seneca falls convention.
It has its roots in a dispute over seating. The declaration was based of of the declaration of sentiments. The declaration of sentiments was drafted at the seneca falls convention in 1848 by elizabeth cady stanton. Here s what you should know about the declaration of sentiments and resolutions that was passed at the seneca falls convention on women s rights.
Sext was mostly the same besidesthat the declaration of sentemints was for men and women not just men. 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. 1 declaration of sentiments. Both genders have different moral codes.
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. Elizabeth cady stanton voiced the claims of the antebellum era conventioneers at seneca falls by adopting the same language of colonial revolutionaries decades prior. Seneca falls new york2 elizabeth cady stanton lucretia mott. Women s grievances against men women s rights convention.
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.