(Banner, 40) The document was called The Declaration of Sentiments, and is best known for its statement that "all men and women are created equal", and basic demands that women be allowed to own property, enter profession, and vote. ... (Banner, 42) All of the resolutions passed unanimously, excluding that of women's suffrage which passed with a weak majority vote. ... (Banner, 62) In 1854 Stanton addressed the New York legislature with a women's rights bill, nod most of it reforms were passed by 1860, excluding enfranchisement. ... (Banner, 94) The thirteenth amendment abolishing...

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Less than a year later, the 19th amendment was passed, which guaranteed women the right to vote, in addition to guaranteeing freedom from gender-based discrimination, at least from a federal standpoint. ... Despite the efforts of these companies, the Prohibition movement passed anyway, and the companies lost almost all of their power. ... The Prohibition acted as enough of a political uproar to allow the women's suffrage movement to pass. ... The Women's Christian Temperance Union, after the Prohibition passed, began working towards women's suffrage, and many other such organiz...

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She maintained that women were born free and equal to men, and so being each one the "natural and inalienable" rights of liberty, property, security, must be granted to everyone, without discrimination of sex. ... They proceeded to take over the National Legislature, demanding a guaranteed supply of affordable bread, and passed mock legislation. ...

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