Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (DSR) in 1848 for the firsts women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls in New York. Stanton used one of the most popular documents in American history, the Declaration of Independence as the model for this controversial (at the time) document that called for women’s equal rights. Stanton used this model for a few different reasons. For instance the ideology of the Declaration of Independence (DOI) was geared towards rejecting the power of King George III over the colonies and it’s citizens. The DSR was rejecting the power of the man over the women and more specifically the husband over his wife. The way in which the two documents are structured brings the ideology to life. Nearly every new paragraph in the DOI started with the phrase “he has” which is followed up by a claim of some wrong doing on the part of the King. Likewise the DSR starts nearly every new paragraph with
When reading this speech one cannot help but get an idea of the interests and experiences of middle-class women in this era. At this time women became more confident in themselves, and started to question the authority of men. These women were getting involved in religious reforms, and were trying to work towards the abolishment of slavery. Stanton, like most middle class women, wanted to change the double standards that men put on morality. She felt it was wrong to ostracize women for moral delinquencies, but deem these same offenses all right for men. She also was a big supporter for women’s education. She felt it was wrong to not allow women the chance to get a complete education. Middle-Class women of the time were lobbying school boards to hire more woman teachers, which called for highly educated women. The law that entitled a husband or father to take the wages of his wife or daughter also troubled women. Stanton was against this as well feeling that it was a form of tyranny. In general middle-cl
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