Declaration Sentiments, Signed (1 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Declarationof Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentimentsis a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men, 100 out of some 300attendees at the first women's rights convention, in Seneca Falls, NewYork, now known as the Seneca Falls Convention. The principal author ofthe Declaration of Rights and Sentiments was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, whobased it on the form of the United States Declaration of Independence.According to the North Star, published by Frederick Douglass, whoseattendance at the convention and support of the Declaration helped passthe resolutions put forward, the document was the 'grand basis forattaining the civil, social, political, and religious rights of women.'At a time when traditional roles were still very much in place, theDeclaration caused much controversy.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 96 pp. Englisch.