Necessity is the mother of invention Inventions‚ ideally‚ are result of needs and necessities of a certain generation of humankind. Human beings prospered and progressed over time because of his inquisitive nature and the ability to explore. Discoveries and inventions helped them to know more about the mother earth and made them to make their stay on this planet more comfortable. Needs and necessities of different ages and times encouraged humankind to come up with new inventions‚ however‚ some
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Speaking Truth to Power: A Rhetorical Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton Our forefathers’ proclamation in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” has held little value in the eyes of the countless citizens belonging to oppressed groups. The years following the summer of 1776 and the social inequalities that we as a people have collectively endured demonstrate that the notion of equal rights for all is an apocryphal assertion. Fortunately‚ America has been
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idea of holding a women’s convention that discussed the mistreatments of women. During the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton created the Declaration of Sentiments which was a document that was much similar to the Declaration of Independence but in which discussed about the exercising rights of the women. As a result of the convention‚ over one hundred men and women signed the Declaration of Sentiments. But within the few following days of the convention‚ there was a continuous
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of her decision she held a convention in Seneca Falls called‚ "A convention to discuss the social‚ civil‚ and religious condition and rights of woman". Stanton created a list to present called "Declaration of Sentiments" which stated areas in life where women were treated unjustly. (*1) After the second day of the convention‚ every resolution on her declaration was passed except the one that called for women the right to vote. As time passed‚ however‚ many conventions were held all the way up to
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This convention resulted in a paper known as the Geneva Protocol‚ an international resolution banning the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield‚ but allowing nations to continue to own and
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women’s rights movement worked to change women’s status in society. Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the first U.S. women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ to discuss women’s civil rights. The organizers of this event considered themselves patriots and viewed women’s rights as part of the American Revolution’s ideals of equality and justice for all. At the convention in Seneca Falls‚ more than 300 men and women discussed the Declaration and debated 12 resolutions that proclaimed women’s rights
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In 1848‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton delivered the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions at the Seneca Falls Convention. The Seneca Falls Convention was influenced by the experience Stanton had during the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. In 1920 the Constitution was ratified to give women voting rights. 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
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US History 7.1 Industry and Transportation The Transportation Revolution Improving the Roads Turnpike Roads - users had to pay a toll only a few made a profit‚ didn’t do the intended purpose National Road - only decent road‚ made of crushed rock The Steamboat Goes Commercial main advance in transportation made it easier and faster to travel Canals Boom canals made it easier to transport between farms and cities Erie Canal - best known canal of the era Railroads Further Ease Horses
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Instead they were being treated like second class citizens that were not valued in society. In 1848 feminists met to have the firsts women’s rights convention in the United States (Newman 214). The convention was called the Seneca Falls Convention‚ because it was held in Seneca Falls‚ New York (Doc 1). At this convention the feminists determined in their Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions that‚ “we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal;
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women’s history. Alice attended Swarthmore College‚ and got her Ph.D. from the university of Pennsylvania. Alice then joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The Women’s Suffrage Movement basically started after the Seneca Falls Convention‚ which was a meeting‚ created for Lucretia Mott who was an orator‚ and that was where they realized that they had to do something so that women were given equal rights. After they passed the fifteenth amendment in which they gave black men the right
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