The Ladies of Seneca Falls and Otherwise “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal‚” -- Thomas Jefferson‚ The Declaration of Independence‚1776 “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal;” -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ The Declaration of Sentiments‚ 1848 Two largely parallel quotes from America’s history‚ yet only the first one is recognizable to most. That alone accentuates the plight of equal rights‚ although both quotes helped
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The Seneca Falls Declaration was written in 1848 at a convention in Seneca Falls New York. Two Quaker women‚ Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ organized the convention. The idea for the convention came about when Mott was denied a seat at an international antislavery meeting in London. The convention was comprised of 240 people‚ 40 of whom were men. The Seneca Falls Declaration was modeled after the Declaration of Independence. The Deceleration of Seneca Falls has an introduction that
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Text Analysis - "The Declaration of Sentiments‚ Seneca Falls Convention‚ 1848" 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. This document states the feelings of women who at this time had no legal rights in our country. The right to own property‚ vote‚ earn wages‚ own business‚ own land and other rights were beyond their reach. Women of this time
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The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 The Seneca Falls convention marked the first time in American history‚ where in an organized public setting‚ attention was brought onto the injustices women had endured for years. Women had been painstakingly succumbed to degradations for centuries and this convention‚ held in upstate New York‚ would bring them together to form a cause for their overall freedom from man’s idea of who they should be. The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments‚ written by Elizabeth
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The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was the first spark to women’s rights movements in Antebellum America. Without this meeting‚ life for women today could be entirely different. Rights that seem obligatory to women today‚ like being able to vote‚ and occupational diversity for women. Women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Coffin Mott helped to kickstart the innovative ideas produced before and through the convention. The Wesleyan Methodist Church in Seneca Falls was the site of the
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This is an excellent book to read. The Myth of Seneca Falls tells the story about the memory of the woman suffrage movement. Lisa Tetrault discusses how Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton are the famed founders of the women’s movement. Not only does Tetrault briefly tell her readers about the real story of Seneca Falls‚ New York in 1848‚ she provides her readers with a narrative built on research. Readers become familiar with the story that spanned from the 1840s through the end of the century
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From Columbus to Galileo to Martin Luther King‚ we have seen how disobedience has changed societies and formed the platform for future advancement. This social progress can be seen in the arts and music with Beethoven‚ to political change in the Seneca falls convention. Ludwig Van Beethoven was a German composer during the late 18th century to the early 19th century that through his rebellion‚ he opened a door to a new perspective in music. He has been regarded as one of the greatest composers of
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November 20‚ 2013 The Seneca Falls Convention Throughout history women were not treated the same rights as men. Women were thought of as property‚ wives and mothers. People believed that women were inferior to men. Women could not own property and most of their education consisted of learning how to run a home. Men thought that they were more intelligent than women therefore‚ they didn’t think a woman could hold political office or vote. Men also thought women should not be involved in
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were the driving forces behind the convention at Seneca Falls‚ and they were eager and ready to fight for‚ and institute‚ the drastic changes it would take to achieve total equality with their male counterparts‚ but at the time‚ those thoughts were viewed‚ by most white males‚ as extremely radical and not nearly important enough to be considered. The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848‚ attempted to inspire significant changes in both the social and political lives of
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13. 416-425 1. Women Reformers of Seneca Falls Respond to the Market Revolution a. 1848- Charlotte Woodward persuaded six of her friends to travel to Seneca Falls to attend a “convention to discuss the social‚ civil‚ and religious condition and rights of women.” b. Surprisingly‚ almost 300 people (men and women) attended the 2 day meeting c. Declaration of Sentiments- The resolutions passed at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 calling for full female equality‚ including
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