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The propriety of obtaining the signatures of men to the declaration.
Declaration of sentiments stanton. So begins the list of sentiments or grievances in stanton s declaration. Thomas jefferson s declaration of independence was her template. A proposition was made to have it re read by paragraph and after much consideration some changes were suggested and adopted. Stanton addressed that men and women were created equal so they deserved equal rights also.
The declaration of sentiments set the stage for their convening. 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. However here the pronoun he is a form of collective synecdoche a type of figurative speech in which the part represents the whole. Read contextual background elizabeth cady stanton in 1848 with two of her three sons library of congress.
Sixty five years after the declaration twelve states extended voting rights to women and in 1920 women achieved this right nationally. Elizabeth cady stanton s declaration of sentiments and resolutions impacted women s rights forever. Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. Based on the american declaration of independence the sentiments demanded equality with men before the law in education and employment.
Wright elizabeth cady stanton and mary ann mcclintock met to assemble the agenda for the meeting along with the speeches that would be made. 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. The declaration of sentiments offered for the acceptance of the convention was then read by e. 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.
The declaration having been freely discussed by many. 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 seneca falls conference 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.