The declaration complains that women are deprived of
According to the declaration, which of these consequences might happen to a woman who got a divorce?
In 1848, how did society discourage a woman from taking a wage-earning job?
Which of the following rights denied to women are the authors addressing?
Write at least one paragraph in your response.
People opposed to the Seneca Falls Declaration might have argued that women were not educated or knowledgeable enough to vote and that they were naturally less intelligent than men. They might also have believed that politics and commerce were part of the male world and that women were unfit to participate in them. Many people at the time thought a woman’s proper duty was to raise her children and maintain her home, rather than seek political rights or employment outside the household. These arguments were based on traditional gender roles and unequal opportunities, not on women’s actual abilities.
Why does the Seneca Falls Declaration object to “a different code of morals for men and women”?
Which arguments did you include in your answer?
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