Question

What arguments do you think people might have made against the Seneca Falls Declaration at the time it was published?

Answer 1

I think one feasible reaction to Elizabeth Cady Stanaton's Declaration of Sentiments speech was why she chose to model it after Thomas Jefferson's The Declaration of Independence. She clearly made a conscience effort to deliberately mirror one of America's founding documents, but as for her reasoning her speech does not give any specific explanation.  In addition, I believe that Stanton wanted REACTION from her speech, regardless of how one came to the conclusion s of...

Answer 2

Women were not knowledgeable or educated enough to vote.Women were unfit to participate in the male world of commerce and politics.Women were naturally less intelligent than men.A woman’s duty was to raise her children and maintain a home.