WGS 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11/8: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Century Media Records

• School: University of Oregon
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGS 101
• Professor: Bufalino, Jamie

Document Summary

Elizabeth cady stanton and lucretia mott called conference for women"s rights in seneca falls, ny 1848. Declaration of seneca falls convention uses model of declaration of. Independence to demand the rights of women as equal. Signed by 68 women and 32 men. All men and women are created equal; . Government that treats citizens unequally can be fought against. Says that women can"t vote, have to follow laws they didn"t agree to, has been kept from rights, is under the control of her husband, cannot keep wages or property, and has to be moral at all times. Says that women have to be obedient to their husbands and cannot ask for divorce. Says that the government prevents women from moving up. Women are blocked from education and religious prosperity. Insists that things change, to make women equal. Speech by famous 19th century black women orator sojourner truth. Much debate over exact wording of the speech due to different copies.