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By elizabeth cady stanton.
Declaration of sentiments elizabeth cady stanton. Elizabeth cady stanton and the stronghold of the fortress. The declaration of sentiments and resolutions was drafted by elizabeth cady stanton for the women s rights convention at seneca falls new york in 1848. Part of the reason for doing so had been that mott had been refused. Stanton addressed that men and women were created equal so they deserved equal rights also.
The declaration of sentiments offered for the acceptance of the convention was then read by e. 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. Declaration of sentiments and resolutions seneca falls 1848 on the morning of the 19th the convention assembled at 11 o clock. Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c.
However here the pronoun he is a form of collective synecdoche a type of figurative speech in which the part represents the whole. In the declaration of independence the pronoun he explicitly referred to the tyrannical king george iii. 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. Elizabeth cady stanton s declaration of sentiments and resolutions impacted women s rights forever.
In 1848 a historic assembly of women gathered in seneca falls new york the home of elizabeth cady stanton. 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. Elizabeth cady stanton et al.
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. Based on the american declaration of independence the sentiments demanded equality with men before the law in education and employment. 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 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.
The declaration of sentiments seneca falls conference 1848.