The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments was designed after the United States of America's Declaration of Independence, and states that women have the same rights as men.
Democratic Principles:
Democratic Principles:
- All men and women are created equal
- They have certain inalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
- Governments are made to protect these rights and can only enforce rules with the consent of the governed
Five Grievances:
He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.
He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.
He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men - both natives and foreigners.
He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.
He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.
Final Resolution:
The women's rights activists promise to do all they can to make the dream of equality a reality, even though they know they will be ridiculed.
Five Notable People at the Convention:
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frederick Douglass
James Mott
Jacob Chamberlain
Susan B. Anthony did not sign the declaration, because she did not attend the convention. She was in Canajoharie, New York at the time, and was too far away from Seneca Falls to make it.
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| The picture depicts the statue of Amelia Bloomer introducing Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton on the streets of Seneca Falls, NY. |
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| The Declaration of Sentiments was based on the Declaration of Independence, and uses many of the same phrases. |
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