Read the following experpt from the Declaration of Sentiments. What
reasoning does the author use to call for women's suffrage?
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and
women are created equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain Inalienable rights; that among these
are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure
these rights governments are Instituted, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed....
The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and
usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having In
direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over
her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
Resolved. That woman is man's equal was intended to
be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race
demands that she should be recognized as such....
Resolved. That it is the duty of the women of this country
to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective
franchise....
Resolved. That the speedy success of our cause depends
upon the zealous and untiring efforts of both men and
women for the overthrow of the monopoly of the pulpit and
for the securing to women an equal participation with men
In the various trades, professions, and commerce.
Resolved, therefore, That, being invested by the Creator
with the same capabilities and the same consciousness of
responsibility for their exercise, it is demonstrably the right
and duty of woman, equally with man, to promote every
righteous cause by every righteous means.
icazeth Cady
1. Declaration of Seraments th hustory of Wan Saag vo 1. ed
Sviton, Susans Arthoni
dodgen Gage Rochester NY Charles Mash
1870ssed December 13 2012
OA. The author argues that like the colonists, women must form their
own independent governments.
OB. The author argues that unlike the United States past governments
have allowed women the right to wate
OC. The author argues that democratic government allows the
majority to unfairly dominate the minority
OD. The author argues that women have inalienable rights and
explains that these nights have been withheld