Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Declaration Of Sentiments: Gender Equality

In the “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions” (1848) a speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a leader in the “American women’s rights movement”, she states that “All men and women are created equal ” (98). She conveys this message by alluding to the Declaration of Independence, she says the rights of men, but yet again makes it so it’s men and women for the same rights, she also uses repetition of saying “he” just like Jefferson used “he”, but Stanton is referring to the American men’s abuses towards women, for example, “he has taken from her all right in property, … He has made her, morally, an irresponsible being” (99). She tells us this speech in order to open our eyes and see how the way they were living wasn’t

Susan B. Anthony, a woman who was arrested for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872, states in her speech, On Women’s Right to Vote ( 1872 ), that women have and deserve the right to vote just like any male in America. She supports her claim by first telling how she committed no crime but simply exercised her citizen ’s right, that is guarantee her. She supports her claim by referring the Constitution, where it says the “ We the people, and not we the white male etc. have the right to vote”. Finally she uses the definition of “citizen” where it states that a person in the United States is entitled to vote and hold office.

By doing this she is connecting with her audience, and bringing them together as women. She uses this to help the audience feel that they are needed on an individual level, and even though it will be hard women will always support each other. By reassuring women that “we’re going to work and fight for victory”, she is encouraging them to make sacrifices. This works together with her first rhetorical strategy by using them in the same sentence at times, such as “and I almost said ‘glamorous’ for us” This helps to deepen the connection between not just the women sitting in the live audience of the speech, but of all women who will need to make a sacrifice during the

Women and men should emphasize their opinions not be unequal due to if one is a feminine or masculine. It is an irrelevance. Stanton’s diction and logos throughout the “Declaration of Sentiments” overall serves as an argument to convey the inequity in the society based on one’s

This document was modeled directly on the Declaration of Independence and stated that women, like men, were owed their natural rights as equals in society. A line from the Declaration that encapsulates the entirety of Stanton’s beliefs is “woman is man’s equal, was intended to be so by the Creator” (Stanton). This is in regard to the equality of women when it comes to voting and politics, in the workforce, and in society as a whole. Stanton believed that men and women were one and the same and that women could do everything a man could do if it were not for the limitations set by the government. This document was then taken to the Seneca Falls Convention where she spread her ideas to activists propelling the movement

In creating an analogy between the American Revolution and the fight for women’s suffrage, Stanton increases her argument’s credibility. The American Revolution was fought to gain independence from Britain, as the colonists were being treated unfairly. A similar situation was occurring with women in Stanton’s time. Therefore, women felt the necessity to fight for their rights. Similarly to Jefferson’s “Declaration of Independence”, Stanton includes many structures and phrasing in order to strengthen her views and explain the reasoning behind her beliefs.

A nation that stands for unalienable rights, and gives no inch to those who desire to strip from us those freedoms. Ironically though, America has embraced idealogical and societal change and will continue to throughout our generation and the next. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, author of the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, spearheaded the women’s rights movement just from the mid nineteenth century until just shy of the twentieth. Symbolically, Stanton chose to mirror the “Declaration of Independence” not simply to take influence from, but to grasp the concept of irony in the United States through the calls for justice that rang not even a hundred years prior. The pertinence of alluding to documents drafted by revered men serve the women’s movement as a powerful attack on the philosophy that we as Americans have internalized and accepted with zeal.

Unlike Douglass, who mentioned the Bible, Stanton related to the Declaration of Independence. In the second paragraph Stanton says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal…” (295). This line is word for word from the Declaration of Independence, other than Stanton said both men and women, the Declaration of Independence said just men. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wanted to get the message across that men need to be treated equal, but it is just as important to treat women with the same respect and to be equal. Stanton listed out a few other ways that women are not being treated equal.

History has repeatedly given men privilege due to their physical advantages; yet it is these same advantages that have developed into “rules” or expectations that all men should conform to in order to prove their manhood. Michael Kimmel’s essay, “‘Bros Before Hos': The Guy Code” outlines the “rules” where men are expected to never show any emotions, be brave, act knowledgeable, be risk takers, be in control, act reliable, and be competitive, otherwise they would be showing weakness which is analogous to women. It is humiliating that men associate weakness with women; they should focus on the potential of the individual rather than their gender. Most insults toward men attack their masculinity because society finds it shameful for men to be

In the text Stanton states that all men and women were created equal like in paragraph two it says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal”. But this quote is not being supported because later on in the text Stanton goes on to say, “He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns”, This quote is showing that women will get everything taken away from them, the property they own to the money they make, showing that men have more rights than them because of gender inequality. Gender inequality was slowly starting to change because Stanton spoke up to all of the women and they were able to come up with the solution to bring up the problems they were facing and confront the men who were actually causing the problem which was stereotyping mostly white men. This solution in modern day time would absolutely work because bringing up the difficulties the women are facing will start to enlighten whoever is listening. By facing up to the people who are causing the problem women are able to get into the minds of more people so they can see what the actual struggle is, which is what Stanton did and which can be used in modern day struggles with

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.

For a very long time, the voting rights of the citizens have been a problem in the US. It started out with only men with land being able to vote, and then expanded to white men, and then to all men. However, women were never in the situation, they were disregarded and believed to not be worthy enough to have the same rights as men. They were essentially being treated as property, therefore having no rights. But, in Susan B. Anthony’s speech, she hits upon the point that women are just as righteous as men.

In today’s world, it seems to be that women have the same rights as men, but it wasn't always this way. The speech “Women’s Rights to Suffrage” by Susan B Anthony is the most compelling of all. Susan B Anthony persuades the audience that all women should have the same rights as men. It’s shown through the speech that the federal constitution says “we the people”, the government has no right to take away rights from just one gender, and that women are considered people as well. The fact that the constitution says “we the people” is a primary point in this speech.

There were supposed to be modest, virtuous, sweet and should also be weak and be dominated by strong men. They were always looked down upon by society; there were moderated by their physical appearances, ability to bear children and to please their husband. Has society’s expectation for men become so lower that there are being judgmental towards women? These society’s boundless expectations towards women leads to the end of their individuality.

We all know that women didn 't have as many rights as men, and they still don 't. Women can now do more than they used to, but they still aren 't equal with men. They have had to fight for so many things like the right to vote and to be equal to men. The 19th amendment, the one that gave women the right to vote, brought us a big step closer. The Equal Rights Movement also gave us the chance to have as many rights as men. Women have always stayed home, cleaned the house, and didn 't even get an education.