The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments demanded

The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was drafted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton for the women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Based on the American Declaration of Independence, the Sentiments demanded equality with men before the law, in education and employment.

Asuffragette was a member of militant women's organisations in the early 20th century who, under the banner "votes for women", fought for the right to vote in public elections, known as women's suffrage.