In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton invited Lucretia Mott and a small group of women's rights supporters to her home in Seneca Falls, New York. There, they wrote one of the most important documents of the women's rights movement, the "Declaration of Sentiments." The declaration contained a bill of rights for women demanding the right to vote, hold political office, and receive equal pay for equal work.
Standards
- 4.4.CC Identify and evaluate the economic, political, and social changes experienced throughout the Civil War.
- This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the causes of American expansion, such as a growing and diversifying population and the expansion of the plantation economy. This indicator promotes inquiry into the relationship between sectionalism and political compromise, culminating in the Civil War.
