LAD#11

In July of 1848 a revolutionary movement was started in Seneca Falls.  A group of women and male supporters got together and created the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions.  The beginning of the document started out similar to that of the Declaration of Independence, except instead of rights denied by Britain to men it was rights denied to women by men.  The document then lists several grievances, most of which were focused around the inferiority of women in marriage.  They say that in marriage the wife is subservient to the husband, and she has no say in the relationship, and in essence is property to him.  The women also claim that the laws which dictate this were made without their say since they are not allowed to vote and therefore they have no say in government.  Following their list of grievances the women list resolutions that can be used to solve these issues.  For the most part these grievances center around equality with men, that in marriage they have more rights and they have the right to vote.  They also request the right to education and to participate in business practices if they please.
They conclude by saying that they were made in equality with man by the Creator, and it is their right to promote equality with men within righteous means.