Elizabeth Cady Stanton

" to "all men are created equal." They also added other grievances including "a woman was required to accept her husband as her master." The document they created was titled "The Declaration of Sentiments." Elizabeth powerfully presented twelve resolutions for passage at the convention. The ninth was the boldest and most important, it called for the woman's right to vote. After much discussion and debate the resolution passed. "The Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls marked the beginning of the women's right movement." There was aggressive and heated reactions to the event. The Philadelphia Ledger declared, "A woman i
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