Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments

( 1848 ) Commentary by Donna M. DeBlasio, Youngstown State University

Questions for Further Study

1. Compare and contrast the Declaration of Sentiments with the Declaration of Independence. How do these documents differ, and how are they alike? In your response, consider the time they were written, the audience, and the reaction.
2. Why was the demand for the vote so radical when first proposed at Seneca Falls?
3. It is July 1848. You are a reporter for a local newspaper. Write an article on the Seneca Falls Convention, which you have just attended. You can either support or attack the convention and the Declaration of Sentiments. In either case, you must defend your position.

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