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Emma, I noticed that too. There is no reform movement that is without its own faults or logical fallacies. This one made me think of Dr. M's description of Irish immigrants being harshest to newly-arriving immigrants of other races. --Stef L. | Emma, I noticed that too. There is no reform movement that is without its own faults or logical fallacies. This one made me think of Dr. M's description of Irish immigrants being harshest to newly-arriving immigrants of other races. --Stef L. | ||
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| + | Like Heather, what struck me most about this reading was the fact that the women modeled their Declaration of Sentiments off the Declaration of Independence. There are so many similarities between the meeting in Seneca Falls and the convention that constructed the Declaration of Independence. In both cases, a group of people who had grown tired of being oppressed joined together, stated the grievances that had been perpetrated against them, and declared that they would no longer be subjected to the treatment they had previously received. In a way, I think these women also based their Declaration of Sentiments off the Declaration of Independence because they wanted to show men that women attempting to gain equality was not so different from men's struggle in the late 18th century to gain the liberties and freedom they so desired. It was also a way to show that they were taking this matter as seriously as the founding fathers had in 1776, and that though the ladies had not been remembered and included then, they should and would be now. -- Grace C | ||
== Lucy Stone (and Henry Blackwell)’s Marriage Protest, 1855 == | == Lucy Stone (and Henry Blackwell)’s Marriage Protest, 1855 == | ||
