A Declaration of Sentiments

Author: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Place and Time:Woman's Rights Convention, Held at Seneca Falls, 19-20 July 1848
Prior Knowledge: Elizabeth Cady Stanton revised the Declaration Of Independence which she felt catered only to men.
Audience: Woman attending the Woman's Right Convention
Reason: Conditions in the 1830s provoked women to press for suffrage; they were increasingly in the factory labor force, but were not treated equally. Progressive men who struggled for such causes as temperance, abolition and educational reform realized they needed women's support. Suffragists were usually advocates of such change. In return, they were accorded more of a voice in public matters.
The Main Idea: That woman have a voice too!!!!
Significance: One of the first known speeches advocating the rights of a woman being the equally to a man.