“Woman is man's equal…” is one of the phrases that really stands out to me in The Declaration of Sentiments. This declaration is a very important piece of this nation’s history because it started giving women the equal rights that they deserve. Of course as with any equality act, it is never resolved right away or at all, in some cases.
One woman that really made this movement happen, was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The sole moment that got her convinced that women should hold a convention to better their rights, was when women delegates were not permitted into the Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840. After this, she moved to Seneca Falls where she, Lucretia Mott, and three other Quaker women met and called for the first women's rights convention.
This convention lasted for two days and six sessions and the women met and made some of their rights better. After this convention, Stanton met Susan B. Anthony and they then started a life-long cause in bettering women's rights.
One of her most famous quotes that fits this issue perfectly is as follows, "The prolonged slavery of woman is the darkest page in human history.” This is a very powerful statement that took a lot of courage to write and even say. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a very powerful woman who fought for what she believed in. In some of her arguments, when she was fighting for the rights of a married woman, she wasn't even supported by her husband and friend, Lucretia Mott. This just goes to show how tough this issue was. If she wasn't even getting support from her family and friends, this issue must have really been heated.
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