LAD # 11 Seneca Falls Convention

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions' format mimics that of the Declaration of Independence, written seventy two years earlier by the Founding Fathers. The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions consists of two parts, the declaration of sentiments and resolutions. The first part illustrates the many grievances the women have toward the way the country is treating them, similar of how the Declaration of Independence. For example, one grievance states, "He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice". This grievance says that the women are forced to submit to laws without having a voice, mirroring the once well-known chant of the American colonists, 'Taxation without Representation'. Another grievance states that "He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns". This would be going against the liberty and freedom of the people of the United States. The second part shows the opposition the possible solutions to create an equal country for white men and women. The women said "That woman is man's equal— was intended to be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race demands that she should be recognized as such." The women wrote this document to declare their freedoms based on the the format of the Declaration of Independence.