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Signers of the Declaration at Seneca Falls in order: Lucretia Coffin Mott is at top of the list The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, [1] is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men—100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention to be organized by women.
One hundred of the 300 [47] present signed the Declaration of Sentiments, including 68 women and 32 men. [48] Amelia Bloomer was one of the participants who did not endorse the Declaration; she was focused at that time on the temperance movement. [49] Ansel Bascom was the most conspicuous attendee who chose not to sign the Declaration. [50]
Formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. 1848: Declaration of Sentiments: Records establishment of the first women's rights convention. 1856: Declaration of Paris: Abolishes privateering. 1868: St Petersburg Declaration: Delegates agree to prohibit the use of less deadly explosives. 1898: Philippine Declaration ...
Stanton was the primary author of the convention's Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, [34] which was modeled on the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Its list of grievances included the wrongful denial of women's right to vote, signaling Stanton's intent to generate a discussion of women's suffrage at the convention.
The convention's Declaration of Sentiments, which was written primarily by Stanton, expressed an intent to build a women's rights movement, and it included a list of grievances, the first two of which protested the lack of women's suffrage. [55]
One Convention committee drafted an American Anti-Slavery Society Constitution and Declaration of Sentiments. The principal author of both was the publisher of the fledgling Boston-based Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison. [14] The new American Anti-Slavery Society charged William Lloyd Garrison with
In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political ...
Lucretia Mott moved the adoption of the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, which was read to the convention, debated, then referred to a committee to draft a new declaration. Antoinette Brown, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucretia Mott, Ernestine Rose and Lucy Stone worked to shape a new declaration, and the result was read at the end of the ...