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The declaration of sentiments offered for the acceptance of the convention was then read by e.
Declaration of sentiments full document. Declaration of sentiments and resolutions america as we know it today has formed to be such a strong and free country because of its past. Seneca falls declaration 1848. Declaration of sentiments and resolutions seneca falls 1848 on the morning of the 19th the convention assembled at 11 o clock. History of woman s suffrage vol.
Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made. Ironically on the second day of the convention when the declaration of sentiments was adopted the convention also considered twelve resolutions. 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. The declaration was delivered at the seneca falls convention new york july 19 20 1848.
Just as the declaration of independence asserted the right to change or throw off unjust government so does the declaration of sentiments. 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. 1 by elizabeth cady stanton susan b. Elizabeth cady stanton wrote the declaration of sentiments to dramatize the denied citizenship claims of elite women during a period when the early republic s founding documents privileged white propertied males.
Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. The document has long been recognized for the sharp critique she made of gender inequality in the u s. Elizabeth cady stanton along with a few other women wrote one of america s most important documents declaration of sentiments and. 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.
Following is the text of the seneca falls declaration of sentiments 1848. 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. A proposition was made to have it re read by paragraph and after much consideration some changes. Decades ago america wasn t as free as it is today.
People especially men acted unfair towards women. The paragraph numbers were not in the original and are included to make discussions of the document easier. 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.