Declaration Of Sentiments

In lines 2-4, Stanton says that women want "to assume among the people of the earth a position different from that which they have hitherto occupied" Describe what women wanted to have in 1848?

Lines 1-6: What is the prepose of this document? Who is the audience?

Which MAIN statement shows that the Declaration of Sentiments was adapted from the Declaration of Independence

Transient

Evince

paraphrase the following lines: "Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government, and such is now the necessity which constrains them to demand the equal station, to which they are entitles"

The Declaration of Sentiments and the Declaration of Independence both say that governments derive "their powers from the consent of the governed" (line 11). How were women prevented from giving their consent to the form of government under which they lived? Cite two details from the Declaration of Sentiments to support your answer.

Lines 32-40: What points does Stanton make in these lines that build a portrait of women as oppressed citizens?

Lines 32-40: Describe Stanton's use of parallelism in these lines. How dies this add persuasive effect? How does the repetition of the word right reinforce meaning?

the "elective franchise" refers to women's rights to what?

According to the Declaration, married women are "in the eye of the law, civilly dead." Because of this situation, married women did not have the ability to do what?

Lines 59-61 of the Declaration, say, "He has monopolized nearly all the profitable employments; and from those she is permitted to follow, she receives but scant remuneration." What does this quote mean?

Delinquencies

In what ways does the Declaration of Senriments describe a double standard of morality for men and women? Cite two details from the document to support your answer.

Abject

How did the women expect their cause in The Declaration of Sentiments would be greeted with?

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