Declaration of sentiments

For hundreds of years women have been continuously been oppressed by men. Women

have suffered over and over again for the dumbest reasons. Women did not have rights and were

considered property until only recently. Women worked hard and suffered enough to earn the

respect of men. Women have been thought of as incapable and had to work hard to prove

themselves equal to men.

We choose to make the declaration of sentiments as one of our objects because of

what it stands for. The declaration of sentiments was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a

womens rights activists. We choose this particular object because it stands for a lot. The

declaration states that women are oppressed and offers resolutions to the problems. The

declaration was the first step to the movement of feminism and gave women the inspiration to

fight for rights. Reformers wrote this declaration and thats why we chose it.

The declaration represents lots complaints about how women are being oppressed and

how there needs to be a change. The declaration states every issue women had with society at the

time. The document was a grand movement for attaining the civil, social, political, and religious

rights of women. The declaration was a form of protest for womens rights. It represents the

suffering of women throughout history and that times must change. It represented the beliefs and

ideas that the progressives believed in. the declaration represented the beliefs of progressives

because it fought to cure the social injustice towards women in America.

The progressives believed in curing the social, political and economic ills affecting

Americans society. The declaration of sentiments was important to the progressives because it

fought for the biggest social injustice in America. The declaration was a document that fought for
womens rights with the same ethics as the progressives. This declaration represented change for

the better and was written by a progressive Elizabeth cady Stanton who not only fought for

womens rights but also helped to abolish slavery. The document that was written by the female

progressive was written to inspire and state the resolutions to social injustices to women.

In conclusion the declaration of sentiments was the perfect symbolic document that

represented the suffrage and hard work that women had gone through. The declaration of

sentiments represents the dedication and ambition that some women had in the beginning to

move forwards as a sex. The declaration represents the women that were tired of being second

class citizens and thought as incapable. The declaration represents one of the first actions

women took in order to gain rights. Women in the United States were tired of the oppression

from men and decided to take action by writing the declaration of sentiments.