LAD/Blog #12: Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments
LAD/Blog #12: Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments
1) The Declaration of Sentiments begins by saying that all men and women are created equal, and all have the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It says that governments get their power from all of the governed, and if the government becomes "destructive," the governed have the right to establish a new one. It says not to do so for insignificant reasons, but if the government is approaching despotism, the governed must bring about change. Finally, the declaration says that women have been denied rights under the government, and it is now time to change that.
2) Grievances:
1: Women have had to follow laws they had no part in creating.
2: Women, if married, were "civilly dead," as seen by the law.
3: Women had all property rights taken from them, including wages.
4: Women were denied a proper education (couldn't attend college).
5: Women were also denied rights in the church (had very little participation).
3) The final thoughts of the Declaration of Sentiments say that because of all of the oppression/withholding of women's rights they insist that they gain all of the rights held by an American citizen. It says that they will to continue to petition for this cause, and hope that others will do the same. Finally, it ends with 100 signatures.
4) Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Mott (and her husband James), Mary Ann M'Clintock (and her husband Thomas), and Martha C. Wright all signed the declaration. One notable absence from the signers is Susan B. Anthony, who did not attend the convention.
Statues of attendees of the convention, from the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, NY.
Synthesis: The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the basis for the Declaration of Sentiments- it modeled stating the rights of the people (all men created equal, have the inalienable rights of life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), then listed their grievances (against the British), and what they wanted (independence).
1) The Declaration of Sentiments begins by saying that all men and women are created equal, and all have the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It says that governments get their power from all of the governed, and if the government becomes "destructive," the governed have the right to establish a new one. It says not to do so for insignificant reasons, but if the government is approaching despotism, the governed must bring about change. Finally, the declaration says that women have been denied rights under the government, and it is now time to change that.
2) Grievances:
1: Women have had to follow laws they had no part in creating.
2: Women, if married, were "civilly dead," as seen by the law.
3: Women had all property rights taken from them, including wages.
4: Women were denied a proper education (couldn't attend college).
5: Women were also denied rights in the church (had very little participation).
3) The final thoughts of the Declaration of Sentiments say that because of all of the oppression/withholding of women's rights they insist that they gain all of the rights held by an American citizen. It says that they will to continue to petition for this cause, and hope that others will do the same. Finally, it ends with 100 signatures.
4) Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Mott (and her husband James), Mary Ann M'Clintock (and her husband Thomas), and Martha C. Wright all signed the declaration. One notable absence from the signers is Susan B. Anthony, who did not attend the convention.
Statues of attendees of the convention, from the Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls, NY.
Synthesis: The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the basis for the Declaration of Sentiments- it modeled stating the rights of the people (all men created equal, have the inalienable rights of life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), then listed their grievances (against the British), and what they wanted (independence).
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