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instanceOf historical document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 Sentiments
surface form: Declaration of Rights and Sentiments
author Elizabeth Cady Stanton
coAuthor Jane Hunt
Lucretia Mott
Martha C. Wright
Mary Ann McClintock
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 American Declaration of Independence
surface form: United States Declaration of Independence

abolitionist movement
language English
locationOfPresentation Seneca Falls, New York
modeledOn American Declaration of Independence
surface form: 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, New York
surface form: 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 self-link
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 self-link
Declaration of Sentiments alsoKnownAs Declaration of Sentiments
this entity surface form: Declaration of Rights and Sentiments
Stanton notableWork Declaration of Sentiments
subject surface form: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Blatch–Stanton family notableWork Declaration of Sentiments
subject surface form: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
part of Women’s Rights National Historical Park associatedWith Declaration of Sentiments
subject surface form: Women’s Rights National Historical Park