“The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of men toward women, having a direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.” (Stanton 165). This quote says a lot in itself.
In Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s reading, Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, it speaks the truth of separation between sexes by the power of one sex and the truth of the power that favored one and shattered another.
This power that is spoken about is the power men had over women. According to Stanton “He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead.” (Stanton 165). This quote shows the power men have had over women. Continuing from here according to Stanton women were also robbed of their “voices”. She says “He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice.” (Stanton 165). Another quote that caught my eye was when Stanton said “he has created a false public sentiment by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women, by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society, are not only tolerated, but deemed of little account in man.” (Stanton 166). This caught my eye because at one point this, including the other quotes listed and many more, was what our history was. These quotes by Stanton just go to show how men once deprived women of their rights as an equal. Sad, but very true!
Works cited
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions.” A World of Ideas: Essential Reading for College Writers. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. New York; Bedford St. Martins, 2006. pp 164-168.
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