week 4

I agree with Adam T with his point about the resolutions making it clear that women have a right to pursue happiness just as men do, and that is the law of Nature: no conflicting law has any validity. I also agree with the quote from the article: “That woman is man's equal—was intended to be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race demands that she should be recognized as such.” I agree with the education part of the article too, where it quotes as: “That the women of this country ought to be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they -live, that they may no longer publish their degradation, by declaring themselves satisfied with their present position, nor their ignorance, by asserting that they have all the rights they want.” Education is very important to both men and women for both to be successful in society. Many women had no idea what they could accomplish because their husbands refused to let them learn besides any household tasks. I also agree with the statement that women should be involved in everything that is available to them.

I agree with Adam Z’s point about the main object that sticks out in the article is the word “resolved”. It means that something has been done. This quote was really important to the document: “In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to affect our object. We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the State and national Legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press in our behalf. We hope this Convention will be followed by a series of Conventions, embracing every part of the country.” I agree that repetition is a way to spread news in a way that people will not forget it. The point they are trying to get across is that women should feel like they have power and feel equal to men

 “We hold these truths to be self-evident: 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; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”. This quote is important because of the significant impact it had to change the meaning of equality between men and women.