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Seneca Falls (1848)<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

From Declaration of Sentiments<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Declaration<\/a>“The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.<\/p>\n

He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise.<\/p>\n

He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.<\/p>\n

He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men \u2013 both natives and foreigners.<\/p>\n

Having deprived her of this first right of a citizen, the elective franchise, thereby leaving her without representation in the halls of legislation, he has oppressed her on all sides.<\/p>\n

He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.<\/p>\n

He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns.<\/p>\n

He has made her, morally, an irresponsible being, as she can commit many crimes, with impunity, provided they be done in the presence of her husband. In the covenant of marriage, she is compelled to promise obedience to her husband, he becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master \u2013 the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement.”<\/p>\n

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Sojourner Truth (1851)<\/a><\/h2>\n

“May I say a few words? I want to say a few words about this matter.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I am a woman\u2019s rights. I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that?<\/p>\n

I have heard much about the sexes being equal; I can carry as much as any man, and can eat as much too, if I can get it. I am as strong as any man that is now.<\/p>\n

As for intellect, all I can say is, if women have a pint and man a quart \u2013 why can\u2019t she have her little pint full? You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we cant take more than our pint\u2019ll hold.<\/p>\n

The poor men seem to be all in confusion, and dont know what to do. Why children, if you have woman\u2019s rights, give it to her and you will feel better. You will have your own rights, and they wont be so much trouble.<\/p>\n

I cant read, but I can hear. I have heard the bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin. Well if woman upset the world, do give her a chance to set it right side up again.”<\/p>\n