Analysis Of Seneca Fall Declaration Of Sentiments

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SENECA FALLS DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS AND RESOLUTION, JULY 19, 1848

SENECA FALLS DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS AND RESOLUTION, JULY 19, 1848

Seneca Fall Declaration of Sentiments is a political text created on the 19th of July in 1848, in New York City. It has a political nature but its goal is to change the laws regarding women rights. It happened in the Democratic Era of United States that lasted from 1828 to 1840. During that period, there was a development of universal manhood suffrage that did not include women right to vote. It was draft by Elizabeth Cady and Lucretia Mott two American activists in the movement to abolish slavery:

Stanton, a sceptical non-Quaker who followed logic more than religion. Elizabeth is credited with initiating the first organized woman 's rights and woman 's suffrage movements in the United States. Before Stanton narrowed her political focus almost exclusively to women 's rights, she was an active abolitionist of slavery. Unlike many of those involved in the woman 's rights movement, Stanton addressed various issues pertaining to women beyond voting rights. Her concerns included women 's parental and custody rights, property rights, employment and income rights, divorce laws, the economic health of the family, and birth control. She was also an outspoken supporter of the 19th-century temperance movement (movement to control the abuse of alcoholic drinks)

Mott, a Quaker famous for her speaking ability, a skill rarely cultivated by