Favorite Moment in History

In 1848, a group of abolitionist activists, mostly women, but some men gathered in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss the problem of women’s rights. They were invited there by the reformers Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Most of the delegates agreed: American women were autonomous individuals who deserved their own political identities. “We hold these truths to be self-evident,” proclaimed the Declaration of Sentiments that the delegates produced, “that all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” What this meant, among other things, was that they believed women should have the right to vote.

“What is your favorite moment in History?” that is a little hard for me to answer since I was never really interested in History. Since I have to pick, I would have to choose the women’s suffrage campaign/when the 19^th amendment was passed.

            It gave us women the right to vote and before the suffrage movement, only men had a voice in deciding political, social, and economic issues. It gave us the right to be seen as equal to men. Whether we are a man or a woman we are all human and the same. Men should not be superior to women. Without women, men would not have come into this world.

            I would not like to have lived in a world where men were the most important and women were basically worthless. I am glad that the 19^th amendment was passed.