Declaration Of Sentiments

4. Both Abigail Adams and Stanton are making it understood that change for women is long overdue. Both selections have a specific highlight on the “tyrannical” way men have ran their society and with no “impunity”. Stanton goes into great length with this among with many of instances marking the patriarchy, with Abigail Adams sticking mainly to addressing the men who have already recognized this discrimination and making an importune call for the change in women’s rights.

In Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s text “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,” she states her opinion and the opinion of other women of her time, about The Declaration of Independence and that it is a demand for freedom to one-half the entire race. Which was all men. This text really connects to me and I agree with her view on the subject of The Declaration of Independence. In the beginning of Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Stanton starts off with a statement about how the course of human events and laws of nature declare that God entitled mankind the position of people among the earth.

The Declaration of Independence once stated “we hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal” and was not true to its promise as human equality was only promised to white men. After having experienced the status as an inferior women in society, Elizabeth Cady Stanton dedicated her life to ensure that women’s roles in society would be equal to those of men’s through fighting for women’s suffrage. As a young child, Stanton was exposed to the legal boundaries that prevented women from their rights and experienced the idea that women were lesser within her own family. Her father, Daniel Cady, was a lawyer that dealt with cases involving women living with their abusive fathers and husbands, who could not be protected by

Before August 18th, 1920, only men could vote in the United States. One person that helped to right this wrong was Carrie Chapman Catt. In Carrie Chapman Catt’s address to Congress on women’s suffrage, she uses logos, pathos, and other rhetorical devices to convince Congress to give women more rights. One tool that helps make this speech as effective as it is is logos. She demonstrates logos when introducing the second reason as to why women’s suffrage is inevitable.

Throughout history men have oppressed women taking away their rights and being treated as second class citizens. In 1848,at the Senca fallls convention the Declartion of sentiments was signed to gain equal .The Author Cady Stanton based the Declartion of sentiments on the Declartion of Independance and through the use of anaphora she conveys the idea that womenhave been oppresed and should have the same rights as any other citizen. Throughout the text Stanton uses anaphora to great extent to demonstrate the way women have been treated as second class citizens. There are many examples of this in the text,but one that shows that women had no voice is:”He has compelled here to submit to laws, in the formation of which she has had no voice.”

By emulating the Declaration of Independence and refusing to alter the etymology of the concurrent desires held by both women’s rights activists and the founding fathers throughout our history, Stanton makes us aware of the painful omission women endured from the very dreams that had been procured by men before them. Securing freedom and equality is still an issue we see today, and within this fight the documents drafted to ensure our rights have always been under

Throughout this time period women took a backseat in representing their on independence. The most liberating account I read was Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s’ “ Declaration of Sentiments.” It stood out to me, because it was unique and remarkable just as any of the other women two women in the Women’s suffrage movement. Her creative use of the Declaration of Independence as her framework makes the letter similar.

Banner writes about the personal relationships, as well as the philosophical areas of the women's rights. None of her letters or anything are actually added into this book, she tries to give ideas and details without them. Banner talks about Stanton’s role in the women's rights and suffrages, and also examines Stanton's relationships with her husband, Susan B. Anthony, and other leading feminists of the nineteenth century also. This book, “Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Radical for Women’s Rights,” is similar to many other books in history.

Clearly, Elizabeth Stanton had to be confident to speak to crowds and to publish books with very bold ideas that supported women. During the 1870s, she traveled around the United States speaking to large crowds. The lecture she often delivered was her “Our Girls” speech, which was about the importance of education for young girls and promoted equality for women. Confidence was also displayed by her when she spoke in front of three hundred people and read the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. Angered by the Bible’s statements about women serving men, she wrote “The Woman’s Bible”.(7)

Have you ever thought something was not fair? Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton thought very strongly about what was not fair. Douglass thought slavery should not exist, while Stanton thought women were not treated equally. The text were “What to the slave is 4th of July?” by Frederick Douglass and “Declaration of Sentiments” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had the same basic purpose of giving their respective speeches, and they accomplished their goal in very similar ways, including their use of references to important documents, their pursuit at credibility, and their attempt to take a stand against society.

The first Paragraph is the most important, as it sets the tone for the rest of the speech; however, the tone shifts from the harsh and abrasive harping on men, to how society can move forward and bring about balance if women have more of a say in how things are run. Towards the end of the speech Stanton’s tone remarkably differs from the initial tearing down of men, to the pleading for equality, “There is a striking analogy between matter and mind, and the present disorganization of society warns us that in the dethronement of women we have let loose the elements of violence and ruin that she only has the power to curb.”. Here Stanton rests the current chaos of society on both genders shoulders when she says “we” rather than addressing just men. She concludes her speech eloquently and with professional composure, pleading with the government to aid the repair of society with women by man’s

Men should have absolute rule over society. This was the mindset back when women's rights activists were considered rare and unorthodox. In A Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Elizabeth Cady Stanton rejects the status quo and finds solutions to the overbearing problems she sees within society. A concept that has greatly been dreamt over throughout history has been challenged, by a woman. Elizabeth Cady Stanton exerts repetition, allusion, and pathos to express her opinions in favor of increasing women's rights.

In her essay, “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton argues that although men and women were created equally, men have oppressed woman's inalienable rights. Stanton supports her argument by giving examples on how women are seen as their husband’s property in society with the goal of convincing women that they must fight the government in order to gain the rights that should have been given to them at birth, allowing them to vote, divorce and liberty. Her purpose is to show how women have been repeatedly usurped by men in order to make the audience aware of how far Americans have gone to oppress women in society and to show that America is not as great as it seems to be. Stanton establishes a contemplative tone with

Equality Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a women’s rights activist who was the opening shot of the women’s rights movement with her keynote address at the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention on July 19, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York. In Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s keynote address she uses metaphors, and allusions to demonstrate that women deserve the rights men have so that women will no longer be seen as inferior towards men. Stanton started the third paragraph by adding the following metaphor “No we shall not molest you in your philosophical experiments with stocks, pants, high-heeled boots, and Russian belts. Yours be the glory to discover, by personal experience.” Stanton included this metaphor to speak in favor of granting women the right

Throughout the history of Earth, men has always been superior to women. In the late 1800s and in the 1900s women faced harsh treatment, because of their gender. In most countries women didn’t have the right to receive an education, nor an job. Women were always taught that their only purpose in life is to be a servant to men. When girls were growing up, their fathers would dictate their life.