Declaration of Sentiments

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The Declaration of Sentiments is an 1848 women’s rights manifesto, modeled on the U.S. Declaration of Independence, that outlined grievances and demands for legal and social equality for women.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
political declaration ⓘ
women's rights manifesto ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Declaration of Rights and Sentiments ⓘ
author Elizabeth Cady Stanton ⓘ
coAuthor Jane Hunt ⓘ
Lucretia Mott ⓘ
Martha C. Wright ⓘ
Mary Ann McClintock ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizes denial of women's right to participate fully in church affairs ⓘ
denial of women's right to vote ⓘ
double standards in moral codes for men and women ⓘ
exclusion of women from higher education ⓘ
inequality in divorce and child custody laws ⓘ
limited employment opportunities for women ⓘ
married women's lack of property rights ⓘ
dateWritten 1848 ⓘ
demands equal access to education for women ⓘ
equal participation of women in professions ⓘ
equal rights in property and wages for women ⓘ
reform of laws that place women in an inferior position ⓘ
women's right to vote ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundational text of the U.S. women's rights movement ⓘ
inception July 1848 ⓘ
influenced later women's suffrage campaigns in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
abolitionist movement ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfPresentation Seneca Falls, New York ⓘ
modeledOn United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
movement early women's rights movement in the United States ⓘ
first-wave feminism ⓘ
openingWords When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied... ⓘ
presentedAt Seneca Falls Convention ⓘ
principalAuthor Elizabeth Cady Stanton ⓘ
purpose to call for women's suffrage ⓘ
to demand equal rights for women ⓘ
to outline grievances of women in the United States ⓘ
signedBy 32 men ⓘ
68 women ⓘ
statesThat all men and women are created equal ⓘ
subject legal equality ⓘ
political equality ⓘ
social equality ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
women's suffrage ⓘ
title Declaration of Sentiments ⓘ
totalSignatories 100 ⓘ
year 1848 ⓘ

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton → notableWork → Declaration of Sentiments ⓘ
Elizabeth Cady Stanton → coAuthorOf → Declaration of Sentiments ⓘ
Jakob Hermanszoon → hasWork → Declaration of Sentiments ⓘ
Declaration of Sentiments → title → Declaration of Sentiments ⓘ
Declaration of Sentiments → alsoKnownAs → Declaration of Rights and Sentiments ⓘ
linked to: Declaration of Sentiments
Elizabeth Cady Stanton → notableWork → Declaration of Sentiments ⓘ
subject linked to: Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton → notableWork → Declaration of Sentiments ⓘ
subject linked to: Blatch–Stanton family
Women’s Rights National Historical Park → associatedWith → Declaration of Sentiments ⓘ
Seneca Falls Convention → producedDocument → Declaration of Sentiments ⓘ