One of the reform movements that arose during the "freedom's ferment" of the early nineteenth century was a drive for greater rights for women, especially in the political area. Women were heavily involved in many of the reform movements of this time, but they discovered that while they did much of the drudge work, with few exceptions (such as Dorothea Dix) they could not take leadership roles or lobby openly for their goals. Politically, women were to be neither seen nor heard. The drudgery of daily housework and its deadening impact on the mind also struck some women as unfair.
2 The convention at Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848, was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two Quakers whose concern for women's rights was aroused when Mott, as a woman, was denied a seat at an international antislavery meeting in London. The Seneca Falls meeting attracted 240 sympathizers, including forty men, among them the famed former slave and abolitionist leader, Frederick Douglass. The delegates adopted a statement, deliberately modeled on the Declaration of Independence, as well as a series of resolutions calling for women's suffrage and the reform of marital and property laws that kept women in an inferior status.
3 Very little in the way of progress came from the Seneca Falls Declaration, although it would serve for the next seventy years as the goal for which the suffrage movement strove. Women's suffrage and nearly all of the other reforms of this era were swallowed up by the single issue of slavery and its abolition, and women did not receive the right to vote until the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1920.
The participants who drafted the Seneca Falls Declaration probably modeled it after the Declaration of Independence because
A)they could think of no other way to structure their thoughts.
B)that would make other countries interested in their reform agenda.
C)it was recognized as a persuasive statement of rights and grievances.
D)women would be able to memorize it as easily as they had the Declaration of Independence.
D?
I disagree.
Yes. C is right.
According to the passage, what is the relationship between the movement for women's rights and the abolition of slavery?
A) Women were not allowed to attend any meetings where the issue of slavery was to be discussed.
B)The abolition of slavery became more important to most of the women than the issue of their rights.
Eliminate
C)Only a few women became involved with both of these concerns because they were too committed to their housework.
D)The movement for women's rights received less attention at the time because many people were more interested and involved in the slavery issue.
D
I agree.
The correct answer is C) it was recognized as a persuasive statement of rights and grievances.
The participants who drafted the Seneca Falls Declaration likely modeled it after the Declaration of Independence because they recognized it as a persuasive statement of rights and grievances. The Declaration of Independence was a significant document in American history that asserted the rights of individuals and framed the grievances against British rule. By using a similar structure and language, the participants of the Seneca Falls Convention aimed to draw attention to the injustices and discrimination faced by women and emphasize the need for their rights and equality.
Choosing option C) recognizes the significance and influence of the Declaration of Independence as a model for expressing concerns and advocating for rights, which is why it aligns with the participants' intentions at the Seneca Falls Convention.