... place in July 1848. The declaration that emerged was modeled after the Declaration of Independence. It claimed that all men and women are created equal and that the history of mankind was a history of repeated injuries and injustices by men toward women (Wheeler "The History"). Women occupied a position less than free. It was a strange time, full of ungratified aspirations. The majority of women longed to be of some use in the world, but social pressures ... . Their hopes were dashed with the passing of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution that granted citizenship and suffrag...

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