The Use of Revolutionary or "Liberty Rhetoric" in the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments

Predecessors--Liberty Rhetoric in the Lowell Mill Strikes of 1834 and 1836.

Predecessors--The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen (1789) compared to Olympe de Gouges's Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791)

The Declaration of Sentiments compared to the Declaration of Independence (1776)

Prepared by Professor Catherine Lavender for History 286 (American Women's History), The Department of History, The College of Staten Island of The City University of New York. Send email to lavender@postbox.csi.cuny.edu
Fall Semester 1997. Last modified: Wednesday 22 October 1997