The New Sentiments |
What is The Declaration of Sentiments?
On July 9, 1848 at the Hunt House in Waterloo, New York, five women gathered for tea and changed the world. One day, Jane Hunt, Elizabeth Candy Stanton, Lucretia Coffin Mott, Martha Coffin Wright, and Mary Ann M'Clintock planned the first Women's Rights Convention, which would be held 10 days later in the Wesleyan Chapel in nearby Seneca Falls. At that Convention, the group presented its Declaration of Sentiments, modeled after the Declaration of Independence. This document identified issues that were crucial to women's rights and outlined proposed solutions to the problems cited. Sixty-two women and 38 men signed it. The Youth Declaration of Sentiments The 2020 Youth Declaration of Sentiments is a document that attempts to revisit, renew, and amend the original Declaration of Sentiments written in 1848. Guided by Marilyn Tedeschi, the creator of the project, seven girls and young women came together to write a new Declaration of Sentiments for the 21st century. The goal was to create a document that was more inclusive than the one that came before it. The Declaration represents a sampling of what a small group of young women in Upstate New York felt was important during the latter half of 2020. |