However how effective was this document at sending its message.
Declaration of sentiments significance. 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. Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made. 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. The syntax in the declaration of sentiments makes stanton s points evident.
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 was based of of the declaration of sentiments. Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. Sext was mostly the same besidesthat the declaration of sentemints was for men and women not just men.
The declaration of sentiments addresses the importance of woman s equality in the courtroom women s freedom of speech and overall equality for women by emphasis of syntax diction and tone. The declaration of sentiments was a list of resolutions and grievances which included demands for a woman s right to education property a profession and the vote. Did it rely too heavily on the declaration of. 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.