Seneca College

Reflection on The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments The first convention regarding women’s rights in the United States was held at Seneca Falls, New York, in the year 1848. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were the primary women leading the convention. Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented the “Declaration of Sentiments” at the convention in 1848. The “Declaration of Sentiments” was essentially a list of declarations and objections fighting for women’s rights in a variety of areas. Within

As I walked into the Crowne Plaza on the Ventura promenade on November 2, 2010, I was preparing to vote. I walked into the polling room, gave my name and identification, and was handed a voting sheet just as I had every other time I went to vote. I think this was the first time that I really contemplated about how lucky I was to live in a time where my voice has meaning. So many of my friends ask me “why do you vote, it doesn’t matter” and to me it is this kind of attitude that we need to as a society

calling for suffrage would be too radical. With constant persistence from Stanton, the final draft outlined the right to vote as a demand, despite not having full support from every attendee. After the Declaration of Sentiments was read aloud at the Seneca Falls Convention, there was a chance to debate the resolutions that needed to be adopted. The suffrage motion still didn’t sit well with many attendees of the convention. “…[It] was especially controversial as many of the attendees believed that such

African-Americans were shot by police in 2016, (Huffington) a woman like Lucretia Mott is needed.Not only was she a women's rights advocate, Mott was also an abolitionist and was completely against racism. [4] When Mott was 27 Mott became Quaker Minister. At the Seneca Falls Convention Mott helped write the Declaration of Sentiments. She also published a speech on Discourse on Women. [3] Lastly Mott, Lucy Stone, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton established the Americans Rights Association. [1]Mott was an extremely important

education. There were many political changes arising and women wanted to have a voice and take part of the process. Women wanted to be considered equal with the same opportunities as men. In the 1840’s the first women suffrage convention entitled Seneca Falls Convention took place some women thought that their view were too extreme. .Many women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and, Frances Willard created Women Suffrage groups. These women had different ideas of how they should go

uphill battle for women, but, by the mid-1800 's, women began to see the fruits of their labors. It all began on July 19, 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Hunt, Martha Coffin Wright, Lucretia Mott and Mary Ann McClintock organized a convention in Seneca Falls, New York. This convention marked the first organized women 's movement in the United States of America. At the time, the rights of

Women’s Rights Movement, although it is not the same as men’s, and need to be changed to better Americans. On the other hand, some successes of the Women’s Rights and Suffrage Movement is that by the beginning of the 1900s, women were able to enroll in colleges, and were accepted into professions such as law and medicine, which were considered manly professions. Today, it is very common for a woman to be a doctor in America. Another major achievement of this movement was the 19th Amendment being ratified

religious reformer who was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts on January 3, 1793. Mott hated oppression and she agreed with and supported William Lloyd Garrison and the American Anti-Slavery Society. She was important to the building up of Swarthmore College. At the young age of thirteen, Mott went to live at a Quaker boarding school in New York. She graduated and didn’t leave. Instead she gain employment there as an education assistant. It was there that she met her husband, James Mott. They got married

generations of women. Doctor? But you’re a woman If you think being a woman is hard these days, try being the only female in medical school in the mid-1800s. Women are not allowed to attend college let alone medical school, but the way has been paved by Elizabeth Blackwell, a recent graduate of Geneva College. Mary, at the age of 21

The Women's Rights Movement The women’s right movement was from 1848 to 1920. It started in Seneca falls, New York. The three important woman in the women's rights movement are Susan B.Anthony, Lucy stone, and Matilda Joslyn Gage because they helped with the movement. There are several reasons why these women are important to the Women’s Rights movement and these are those reasons. Susan B. Anthony was born on february 15 1820 and she was born into a politically active family. They worked