Doc of the Day: July 20
July 20th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
On July 20, 1848, the members of the first women’s rights convention (gathered in Seneca Falls, New York) signed a declaration of sentiments. Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the declaration. Modeling her work on the Declaration of Independence, the author sought to address the wrongs perpetrated against womankind and called for redress of those wrongs. In the context of antebellum America, this document is indeed a radical one. While it took seventy-two years for women to get the vote and even longer to abolish other forms of discrimination, the declaration of sentiments marked the first step in the long struggle for women’s rights.
