The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 is a declaration of independence written by women of the convention who wanted to demand equality for women in the United States. This document states the feelings of women who at this time had no legal rights in our country. The right to own property, vote, earn wages, own business, own land and other rights were beyond their reach. Women of this time were in a difficult position of having to be subservient to their husbands and fathers in their daily lives. The most influential passage in this document in my opinion is “The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpation's on the part of man toward woman, having a direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.” This passage in the document is worded very strongly to suggest women were objects of mistreatment by man and women were not going to allow this to continue if they could do anything about it. This document gives a strong argument towards the equality of women in our country by stating the individual injustices and reasons why these injustices are of grave concern to women and how they should be a concern to all.
The authors appeal to logic by stating examples of specific disgraces made towards women and stating the equalities that faced them in the country. The pathos (emotional quality) is very frank and bitter sounding yet eloquently worded. The ethos of this document (the writer’s perceived character) is that of women being at their wits end with the way they are had to live their lives with the inequality that affects their family. The authors argument is very convincing due to the fact it lays out specific examples of the ways women are treated and the rights they are denied in a country ruled basically by men.
As a woman in this country it makes me very proud to read how our previous generations spoke with such eloquence when even in a situation that must have been very disheartening and difficult to bear. I cannot imagine the amount of thought and time the women who wrote and signed this document must have taken in order to word it with grace.
First of all, I would like to say that you did a very good job of summarizing in detail the required reading passage.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you in that it took a lot of courage for women to stand up for themselves and write such an eloquent document. For anyone who is a victim of suppression to stand up and demand a voice would be difficult, and often discouraging and disheartening. It takes a strong person to bear through to the end, and I believe that it was more than just a document that won the rights for women; it was the message behind the action that was most powerful, in my own opinion. The message was that no matter how hard men tried to keep them down, women were strong enough to fight back and refused to give up. This is just more proof that women were stronger and smarter than men gave them credit for. I think the women knew that if they backed down and gave up, it would only hurt their case even more by showing that women are scared and weak, and cannot stand up to men, and therefore, should not have the same rights because men should do all the thinking and working.
I agree that women have suffered many indignities throughout America's history, and continued to suffer for many years after the publishing of this document. It certainly took courage to demand changes to social norms of that time period.
ReplyDeleteI must disagree with your assesment of the construct of Seneca Falls Convention's argument, however. I found the blatant plagiarism of the Declaration of Independence to weaken their argument and give it a sort-of "cheap song parody" quality. Additionally, the allegations of "repeated injuries and usurpations" throughout "the history of mankind" combined with several references to voting and property rights are misrepresentations of fact! The proliferation of Christianity (particularly the fundementalist variety that is so common in America even to this day,) helped to create many of the misogynistic laws and conventions that the signers of this document opposed! In fact, though it may be difficult for many Americans to imagine, women in Muslim countries (one of many examples) had enjoyed far greater social and financial rights for over twelve hundred years!
In general, this document contains much discontent and anger, but does not seem to be able to attack the roots of the issues or offer any solutions. Equality is a valid goal but no specific suggestions for how to achieve it are suggested. It is ironic that they used the form for the Declaration of Independence in this argument. This document claims that the rights of man come from God, the same God that, according to fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible, places women in a subordinate role to men.
The Declaration of Sentiments was an important first step, but I think the impact was more symbolic than actual.
You have summarized the article in a very precise manner.I completely agree with it.The article greatly presents the atrocities faced by women and how they were deprived of all their legal rights.They had to surrender everything to their husbands and were considered inferior to them, in every manner.This inferiorness and deprivation of all rights fueled the rise of a reform movement among women.The Seneca falls convention was an early and influential women's rights convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York on July 19 to July 20,1848, headed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.The convention is often labeled as the birthplace of feminism.The "Declaration of sentiments" contained several resolutions that a man should not withhold a woman's rights, take her property or refuse to allow her vote.You have very well written that the emotional content of the article is very strong and it clearly represents the bitterness and frustration of suppressed women. I also agree on the point that the women who took part in the convention, were quite courageous as they took such a big stand for their dignity, which was quite heroic. Although there were no immediate effects of the movement, the convention was important in getting the women's movement organized and was a stepping stone to women suffrage and equal rights
ReplyDeleteI would like to first make notice on how much of an excellent job you did on summarizing, "The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conventions, 1848". It's very detailed and explains how the author used pathos to quantify the on-going issues that women in America faced in 1848. I agree completely throughout your summary and with the author about how harsh women had it during the time of 1848 and to take such an uprising against the Government that didn't recognize the free will of women's rights could have been a very costly one if they were not able to push through with it and having a declaration of women right signed. Although it took about 72 years until women rights were seen as equal as men, things might have been different if it wasn't for those women who had their head highs and did not give up in fighting for equal rights as men. For women to be treated that way whether in regards to the bible or not, I strongly agree that human beings are born equal and not based on sex gender, it's even more sadden that if divorced from their male counterparts, they are neglected from their communities including church. But as we now see how far the efforts of these women who took a stand in 1848, and even though it took 72 years for society to see the equality between men and women, the hard efforts of these women have paid off.
ReplyDeleteI really like the passage you chose in your article summary “The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpation's on the part of man toward woman, having a direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.” This could not be worded any better to show that woman were not going to allow the mistreatment by men any longer.
ReplyDeleteI also am a proud woman to see previous generations be able to come together and form this document and get everyone that did to sign it for it to be in effect. The one thing I think that this fell short of was offering valid solutions, goals, or even just suggestions on how this equality to could be reached. Yes we want it obviously and it is great to take a stand but with everything thing you need to have a plan backed with ideas and plausible goals. That was the only thing I personally thought the declaration was missing.
Overall I think you did a great Summary Two Thumbs Up!!
This was really great in my opinion. The way you summarized this got my attention right a way. The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 was interesting to me as it brought something new to me. I did not realize that it took 72 years until women were able to vote. Also this Declaration of Sentiments was well written in a way that would have brought my attention to womens rights if I was their in the days when this was happening. It was brought up good points on how everyone was created equal and should be treated as equals in both legal and social terms. It also brought up a lot of "he did this and that" type of arguements, refering to men being dominant and how women were not equal to them. Also, this document made its points and I believe the author was very convincing on how women should be treated equal as everyone else. All 99 women that were on this Declaration of Sentiments for women independence were all very strong women and knew what needed to be done so that everyone can be treated equal. Again, I really enjoyed your summarization and you made very good use of what you thought was the most influential passage in this document. Overall, these women made a historical day that lived and carried over which today everyone is treated equal.
ReplyDeleteThe most striking aspect, I found, was the way in which "The Declaration of Sentiments" was written to strike an emotional chord with those who had great belief in the country's ideals. It was obviously written to echo the Declaration of Independence, using much of the same wording, yet it almost mocked the 1776 document by pointing how very far the United States was from truly living by its standards.
ReplyDeleteThough there were many points of great injustice, I think the most prominent point was the inconsistencies it pointed out. There were the clear inconsistencies, like how when single women own land and are taxed, meaning they are treated as contributing members of society rather only when it is profitable for the government. But there were also the injustices whose true depth can only be understood when reminding readers of the struggle for human rights during the American Revolution. One example in the document is when it pointed out certain inalienable rights that the founding fathers fought for, like the right for representation when being governed, yet those same men and their successors were denying this right to half the population. Using these points against the status quo seems like it would have been an effective attention grabber, at least, and likely how the authors of this declaration hoped to inspire change.
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