title: A Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
author: Elizabeth Stanton
description: "I have two photographs of my mother that are on my desk at home. They were taken in perhaps 1932 at Camp Hofnung in Pipersville, Pennsylvania. The first photo is labeled 'In Repose;' the second 'More Characteristic.' In the second photo, she is bent over looking at the camera from between her legs. She is audacious and full of life and possibilities. She raised me to believe that humanity was independent of gender, belief, or background. She was married for almost 60 years to one man, my father, but she was nobodys property. I celebrate the strength of all women and join in their declaration of independence." <br />Phil Zuckerman, Publisher
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  The Seneca Falls Declaration
  
  
    
    
  [1\. Declaration of Sentiments  
    
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  # The Seneca Falls Declaration
  
  
  ### Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  
  
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  * 1\. Declaration of Sentiments
  
  
  * 2\. Resolutions
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### 1\. Declaration of Sentiments
  
  
  When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one
  
  
  portion of the family of man to assume among the people of the earth a
  
  
  position different from that which they have hitherto occupied, but
  
  
  one to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a
  
  
  decent respect to the opinions of mankindrequires that they should
  
  
  declare the causes that impel them to such a course.
  
  
  We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are
  
  
  created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with cer