LAD #10

Summary: The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions

The Declaration of Sentiments is similar to the Declaration of Independence. However, the Declaration of Independence is a list of grievances that Americans have against Great Britain while the Declaration of Sentiments is a list of grievances between men and women. American women feel it is unfair that the Declaration of Independence so adamantly proclaims that everyone deserves equal rights when women are so clearly not treated equally to men. The position of women to men is one of subordination, where men are basically given the right to treat women as property. The Declaration of Sentiments declares that the way women are treated is wrong, and that they should be treated with more respect and given more of a voice.