Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made.
Declaration of sentiments document. The text of the document was modeled on the language and argumentative framework of the declaration of independence. This document gave women their own sense of empowerment and justice. Eleven passed unanimously but the last one women s sacred right to the elective franchise aroused much debate because it was so controversial at the time. The declaration of independence focused its audience on king george iii while the sentiements focused on men.
Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. The declaration of sentiments mirrored the spirit of reform that was in the air in this period the concept of natural rights was continuously being invoked first to create and then to enlarge the meaning of democracy. Ironically on the second day of the convention when the declaration of sentiments was adopted the convention also considered twelve resolutions. Given everything the document sparked and its importance to women s history in the united states you d think that the convention s declaration of sentiments and resolutions would be safe.
Men s history of repeated injuries and usurpations in order to an absolute tyranny over women is asserted and the intention to lay out the evidence is also included. It states all men and women are created equal. 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. 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 and resolutions seneca falls 1848 on the morning of the 19th the convention assembled at 11 o clock. The declaration of sentiments is a document modeled after the declaratin of independence. 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. A proposition was made to have it re read by paragraph and after much consideration some changes.
Declaration of sentiments elizabeth cady stanton on july 19 1848 the first all women day of the convention stanton read her declaration which she modeled off the declaration of independence before a crowd of two hundred women. Declaration of sentiments when in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one portion of the.