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 written at seneca falls in 1848. Three days before the convention feminists lucretia mott martha c. Lucretia coffin mott is on top of the list this mahogany tea table was used on july 16 1848 to compose much of the first draft of the declaration of sentiments. This document states the feelings of women who at this time had no legal rights in our country. When elizabeth cady stanton and lucretia mott wrote the declaration of sentiments to call for women s rights for a gathering of women at the seneca falls women s rights convention new york in 1848 they deliberately used the american declaration of independence as a model.
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 1848 women s rights declaration of sentiments proclaimed at seneca falls was a major milestone in the women s rights movement in america. The paragraph numbers were not. The declaration of sentiments seneca falls convention 1848 is a declaration of independence written by women of the convention who wanted to demand equality for women in the united states.
Part of a series on feminism history social feminist history history of feminism women only space women s history american british canadian german timelines women s. This feature outlines the context of the seneca falls convention of 1848 which produced the declaration of sentiments a ccss exemplar for grades 11 ccr. 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. Based on the american declaration of independence the sentiments demanded equality with men before the law in education and employment.
Signers of the declaration of sentiments at seneca falls in order. This document made a bold argument modeled on the language and logic of the declaration of independence that american women should be given civil and political rights equal to those of american men including the right to vote. 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.