Continuing the Womens Rights Movement in the US Essay -- Womens Lib

WOMENS LIBERATION Over the last century, women have made incredible progress in theirstruggle to claim their equal rights and humanity however, many issuespresented in the Declaration of Sentiments are still prevalent in todays society.Even after(prenominal) developing laws and regulations that sanction womens rights,something even larger continues to oppress women, keeping them from trueliberation. As one reads from the Declaration of Sentiments the list of injustices thatwomen dealt with daily in the 19th century seem almost endless. As theDeclaration says, The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries andusurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in coach object theestablishment of an absolute tyranny over her. The Seneca Falls WomensRights Convention of 1848 outlined the ways in which women lived semipolitically,economically, and socially dependent on men. The political and economic injustices that women faced were extensive. First, women we re not granted the right to vote. Women were expected to obeylaws in which they had no say in developing. Also, women had no representationin legislation. The male-dominated political science profited off single women whoowned land through unfair taxation. Men monopolized employment andprevented women from becoming involved in fields of law, medicine, or theology. Socially, women were encouraged to adopt however,...