LAD/Blog #12: Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments

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1) To begin the declaration reaffirms how men and women are equal, and how both genders reserve the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It reestablishes the principle of government about how governments should serve the people who are governed, and if the people being governed feel wronged the can call for reforms. It talks about how the people even reserve the right to completely overthrow the government but they should only do it the government approaches despotism. Finally, the declaration says that women have been denied rights under the government, and it is now time to change that.

2- Grievances included:
1.That women had no voice in creating laws
2.That after marriage women were civilly dead as seen by the law
3.There were unequal education opportunities for women
4.Divorce laws weren't fair to women
5.Women weren't allowed to vote.

3) It ends on saying that women should get all the rights of a US citizen and calls on oher women to join the cause. The cherry on top (or in this case the bottom) is 100 signatures.

4)  Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, James Mott, Mary Ann M'Clintock, Martha C. Wright,and Thomas M'Clintock all signed the declaration. Susan B Anthony din't sign it since she wasnt even there.


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The suffrage movement and the Declaration of Sentiments was similar to the Declaration of Independence since they both represented oppressed people finally taking a stand to claim their rights.
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