Show The three documents Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women, “The Declaration of Independence” and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are very important documents in history. These three documents were written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Thomas Jefferson, and the U.N General Assembly. These documents all have similarities and differences. They are all similar because they were made to help people live in a
more just society. They are different because they each represent different people. The first document The Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women represents women, the second documents “The Declaration of Independence” represents the people of the America. The third documents Universal Declaration of Human Rights represents the rights of the people that live in the countries that belong to the U.N (United
Nations). How was the Declaration of Sentiments similar to and different from the Declaration of Independence?Some of the differences between the two would include that the Declaration of Independence was an outline for patient sufferance for all citizens of the colonies as a whole, while the Declaration of Sentiments was an outline for patient sufferance for all women under the government, no men.
What was the Declaration of Sentiments very similar to?The Declaration of Sentiments, which Elizabeth Cady Stanton modeled after the Declaration of Independence, was the framework for the women's suffrage movement, as it argued for equal rights for women and men.
What were 2 major points of the Declaration of Sentiments?The Declaration of Sentiments begins by asserting the equality of all men and women and reiterates that both genders are endowed with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It argues that women are oppressed by the government and the patriarchal society of which they are a part.
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