...abject life. Now, in view of this entire disfranchisement of one-half the people of this country, ... we insist that they have immediate admission to all...which belong to them as citizens of the United States. The nineteenth of July dawned a bright summer day in the Finger Lakes region. Good weather had ripened...

...social and religious degradation — in view of the unjust laws above mentioned, and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently...misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object. We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition...

...social and religious degradation, — in view of the unjust laws above mentioned, and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently...and privileges which belong to them as citizens of these United States. In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception,...

...constitutional demand that women, having been "fraudulently deprived of their most sacred rights ... insist that they have immediate admission to all the...belong to them as citizens of the United States." The Declaration of Sentiments was adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention, convened by Stanton and Lucretia...