The Begining Of Women's Revolution

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The Beginning of Women’s Revolution
The seed for women’s Rights had begun as early as 1840. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with Lucretia C. Mott and Susan B. Anthony, were the early leaders of the Women’s Rights movement. Sojourner Truth played a part in the movement also.
Elizabeth Stanton was a well-educated lady in her early twenties. What sparked her interest in women’s rights was when she was listening to a debate over woman’s place in anti-slavery society. Stanton felt “humiliated and cargined” at what she heard. (400). Lucretia Mott, Mott was a Quaker and a feminist. What a pair they would make. The two women vowed that they would start a movement back in the states for Women’s Rights. This did not happen as soon as they would have liked. Stanton devoted her time to her family back in Boston, and participated a little. Stanton’s husband became ill, forcing her and her family to move to Seneca Falls, NY, where she once again visited the idea of having a convention on Women’s Rights. She became frustrated with the towns people because their way of thinking seemed small.
Stanton meets up with Lucretia again, and that’s when they decided to go forth with their original plan-start a conversation over the place of women. These two women were determined to this and make it work. They joined with three of Mott’s friends to plan a convention in Seneca Falls. Mott’s had the experience and knows how to form the meetings, whereas Stanton felt helpless in that area. These women expressed their



Grievance they decided to model the “Declaration of Rights and Sentiments”(401) on the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration drew attention, it demanded the right to vote, equality, property right, education, employment, divorce, and in court. Many people turned out to the meeting, one man in particular, Frederick Douglas a prominent black man, a free slave, and owner of the North ...