Women s Rights During The 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration...

The women of America have struggled to gain the same equality as men. The 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire were two documents showing the mistreatment and the unfairness of women in the work place and America as a whole. Some people did not believe women had the same rights as men, but women thought otherwise and wanted their voice heard. The aspects of equality in the American Dream were unavailable to women because women were not given the same rights as men. Similar to the Declaration of Independence which showed the unfair laws Britain placed upon the colonies, the Seneca Falls Declaration explained the rights not given to women by men. One of the grievances in the Seneca Falls Declaration stated, â€Å"He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise. He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice† (Stanton, Anthony 57). In other words, women had to obey the law s just like men did, but women did not have the right to vote. Women had no voice in which laws were passed but they understood that by being citizens of America they should have a say in the government. The Seneca Falls Declaration clearly stated, â€Å"Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, there by leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides† (57). Women saw the inequality being given to them and they wrote theShow MoreRelatedThe Women s Suffrage Movement889 Words   |  4 Pagesthe campaign for women’s suffrage during Wilson s administration. 2. NAWSA: National American Woman Suffrage Association. Founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to secure the vote for women. 3. True Womanhood: (1820s-1840s) Idea that the ideal woman should possess the traits of piety, purity, domesticity submissiveness. 4. President Woodrow Wilson: Was against the women’s suffrage movement. 5. Jeannette Rankin (Montana): In 1916, before women could legally vote, she became the