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Summary Of The Declaration Of Sentiments By Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Modern History Sourcebook rights an article called The Declaration of Sentiments. The article is a speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a women’s rights activist. Stanton gave her remarks of womens rights in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Stantons remarks help her become one of the most well known speakers. In this strong speech, Stanton tries to persuade the public that women should be treated equally and have the same rights as men. She wanted to start this process by stopping the cruel punishments and discrimination of women. At the beginning of the speech Stanton states “ We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal: that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable right; …show more content…

She also refers to quotes given by the government that apply to the circumstance at hand. For example, “Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government....” In the second half of the speech the author uses a specific language to portray the many different ways of discrimination. On many occasions she uses words such as: suffer, dictate, never permitted, compelled, made deprived, and taken from. All of these words represent control, mainly men controlling women. Stanton is very angered by this treatment against her and the …show more content…

During the time she is speaking for something she believes in and that is hard to do. I can attest to how hard this actually is because I have spoke about something that is not the most popular belief. I am a Mormon. Many people do not like Mormons and speak badly, falsely, about my church. One time in class my teacher was bearing false witness against my religion. He said that mormons believe in polygamy. I stood up for my religion and told my teacher what they were saying was incorrect. I proceeded to speak the truth on the topic. I was very scared of doing this because I was not sure how my teacher and my classmates would react to my beliefs. It turns out that many people respected me more for my actions and even wanted to learn more about my religion. Stanton was giving her opinion on a certain topic that is not very popular. She does not really know how people will react making this a hard subject to talk about. This speech was a success because the events that happened with my experience also occurred with her, many gave her respect and wanted to learn more about the subject at hand. The article states that thirty- two men signed the declaration for the rights of women. Both events show that standing for what you believe is a good option to get through

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