A proposition was made to have it re read by paragraph and after much consideration some changes.
Declaration of sentiments doc. 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. 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. Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. 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.
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. So begins the list of sentiments or grievances in stanton s declaration. 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 requires. In congress july 4 1776.
The declaration of sentiments from the seneca falls conference 1848. Declaration of sentiments and resolutions seneca falls 1848 on the morning of the 19th the convention assembled at 11 o clock. 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. Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made.
The declaration of sentiments offered for the acceptance of the convention was then read by e. This declaration of sentiments was written and adopted at the first women s rights convention in the united states held in seneca falls new york the 19th and 20th of july 1848. The unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of america 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. In the declaration of independence the pronoun he explicitly referred to the tyrannical king george iii.
Declaration of sentiments when in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one portion of the. The declaration of sentiments appeared after some years of.