Excerpt from Narrative of Declaration of Sentiments hen, 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, but one to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to such a course. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal…Read the whole work

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton joined with other social reformers, including those who fought for

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ABOLITION at the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY and WOMEN'S RIGHTS and SUFFRAGE. Their successful GRASSROOTS EFFORTS and POLITICAL ORGANIZING led to the 19th AMENDMENT.
 
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The Declaration, while not a formal LEGAL DOCUMENT was written in the style and may be viewed as a form of PROPAGANDA

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intended to incite and persuade. Those in favor of suffrage employed many RHETORICAL DEVICES to achieve their goals-SPEECHES and PAMPHLETS. Their ideas were so unpleasant to some that at times they had to fight against CENSORSHIP.

Facts About Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Declaration of Sentiments Stanton attended the first college-level school available to women, Troy Female Seminary in New York "Declaration of Sentiments," was partially constructed along the lines of the Declaration of Independence 100 people signed the Declaration of Sentiments, including Frederick Douglass The Declaration of Sentiments was presented at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 After the Convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others used a newspaper called The Lily to spread their opinions about suffrage