What was the purpose of the declaration of sentiments?

Answer 1

To impower the rights of woman. During that time women where not treated as equals, but under classed people. The declarations of sentiments would be the gate way to true equality between man and women.

Answer 2

The Declaration of Sentiments was intended to free women in the United States from civil, social, political, and religious oppression. It was based on the Declaration of Independence and presented as the first major step in gaining rights for women.

Answer 3

In 1848, a group of women gathered in Seneca Falls NY to hold a conference about equal rights for women. At that time, women could not vote, could not own property in most states, and were considered under the rule of their husband if they were married. Most universities refused to admit them, and most occupations excluded them. The women who met at Seneca Falls issued the Declaration of Sentiments, expressing their belief that women deserved and were entitled to equality under the law. Written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, the Declaration of Sentiments was one of the first American feminist documents, and it was modeled after the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 4

The Declaration of Sentiments was written as a way to organize both men and women against the plights of slavery. It was one of the first steps also in the women's rights movement later on that gave women the right to vote in the early 1900's.

Answer 5

The declaration was written demanding independence and to break away from the british

Answer 6

Because it was the document that supported women's rights

Answer 7

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