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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.
Declaration of sentiments voting. 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. 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. Here s what you should know about the declaration of sentiments and resolutions that was passed at the seneca falls convention on women. Declaration of sentiments report of the woman s rights convention held at seneca falls new york july 19 and 20 1848 printed by john dick.
Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. 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. Even when women did gain the right to vote in 1920. 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.
Elizabeth cady stanton 1815 1902. Just as the declaration of independence asserted the right to change or throw off unjust government so does the declaration of sentiments.