Asked by Dhimitra Zenelak on Jul 03, 2024
In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the Seneca Falls Convention to address the issue of equal rights for women. The convention produced a Declaration of Sentiments, which laid out a list of injustices done to women by men. Which of the following do you think was first on their list given your knowledge of the first wave of the women's movement?
A) "He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns."
B) "He has created a false public sentiment by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women, by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society are not only tolerated, but deemed of little account in man."
C) "He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise."
D) "He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead."
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention, held in 1848, was the first women's rights convention, marking the start of the organized women's rights movement in the United States.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A leading figure of the early women's rights movement, known for her advocacy for women's suffrage and equality.
Lucretia Mott
An influential 19th-century American Quaker, abolitionist, social reformer, and advocate for women's rights, known for her significant contributions to social justice movements.
- Understand the historical background and primary concerns associated with feminist movements, specifically first-wave and second-wave feminism.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the historical background and primary concerns associated with feminist movements, specifically first-wave and second-wave feminism.