How was the Declaration of Sentiments similar to and different from the Declaration of Independence?

The three documents Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women, “The Declaration of Independence” and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are very important documents in history.  These three documents were written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Thomas Jefferson, and the U.N General Assembly. These documents all have similarities and differences. They are all similar because they were made to help people live in a more just society. They are different because they each represent different people. The first document  The Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women represents women, the second documents “The Declaration of Independence” represents the people of the America. The third documents Universal Declaration of Human Rights represents the rights of the people that live in the countries that belong to the U.N (United Nations).

The documents “Declaration of Independence”, the Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights all represent different people. “The Declaration of Independence” represents the people of America. The Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women  represents women. Last but not least, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights represents all the people that are in the U. N.  All three state how the people they are representing have been mistreated, and deprived of the  basic human rights every human deserves. “Present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over the States”(Jefferson). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has a whole list of rights such as Article 1 “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”(U.N). The Declaration of Sentiments sais “mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man towards women”(Stanton).  Thomas Jefferson is angry at the  King of England, and Elizabeth Stanton is angry at men in general for treating women as second class citizens.

“The Declaration of Independence” and the Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women are alike, because both documents begin by saying “When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary”(Stanton and Jefferson) then, after a few paragraphs, both document present a list of grievances.  Elizabeth Stanton most likely got her inspiration from the Declaration of Independence since it is a important part of history. “The Declaration of Independence” lists how they have been unfairly treated by the King of England, and it has a  list of grievances that state  how the king has treated them as second class citizens. In The Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women Elizabeth Cady Stanton states how men in general have wronged women in the past.

 The Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women and “The Declaration of Independence” differs from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Both the “Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women” and “The Declaration of Independence” represent people that want a change in the way they are being treated. Both authors seem to be very angry with the way things were being run. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is not wanting or asking for a change, instead it gives a list of the rights that people have in being part of the United Nations. These rights were made to help people live a better and happier life.

The documents stated above all have their similarities and differences. They were all created to help people be treated properly, and they all in some way have inspired change soon or later. These all matter today because the United States of America is based on all three of these documents. If Thomas Jefferson hadn't written “The Declaration of Independence” America might still be under English control, the Declaration of Sentiments Urged Equal Rights for Women urged for rights that women now have, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has many of our rights listed in it.