It is a story of struggles for civil rights human rights and equality global struggles that continue today.
Declaration of sentiments nps. Signers of the declaration of sentiments on thursday july 20 1848 at the morning session on the second day of the first women s rights convention sixty eight women signed the declaration of sentiments under the heading firmly relying upon the final triumph of the right and the true we do this day affix our signatures to this declaration. A story of women s rights in antebellum new york chapel hill. Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made. Women s rights national historical park tells the story of the first women s rights convention held in seneca falls ny on july 19 20 1848.
The fight for civil rights that changed the world. The first women s rights convention was held in the wesleyan chapel in seneca falls on july 19 and 20 1848. Yet the declaration of sentiments as an idea created an important space for articulating the rights owed to women one embraced by many now in a larger project of gender equality. The convention was set just three days after the writing of the declaration of sentiments but with such short notice the women expected a poor response.
After reading students will evaluate whether or not the claims made by the signatories have been achieved or not. Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. University of north carolina press 2005. 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.
Instead over 300 men and women attended filling the interior of wesleyan chapel the convention center. Though the campaign for women s right to vote is the most famous of the demands of the declaration of sentiments it was only one of many including equal educational opportunities the right to property and earnings the right to the custody of children in the event of divorce or death of a spouse and many other important social political and. Declaration park is a green space next to the visitor center and the park s most important historic site the wesleyan chapel. 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.