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.
Declaration of sentiments outcome. What was the outcome of. The declaration was based of of the declaration of sentiments. Sext was mostly the same besidesthat the declaration of sentemints was for men and women not just men. 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 and resolutions was drafted by elizabeth cady stanton for the women s rights convention at seneca falls new york in 1848. 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. Based on the american declaration of independence the sentiments demanded equality with men before the law in education and employment. The declaration of sentiments was read by elizabeth cady stanton then each paragraph was read discussed and sometimes slightly modified during the first day of the convention when only women had been invited and the few men present anyway were asked to be silent.
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. Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c.