How many of the original grievances outlined in the declaration of sentiment still exist in some form today? Identify them and explain your reasoning

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Orion Jacobs

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18 May, 19:26

How many of the original grievances outlined in the declaration of sentiment still exist in some form today? Identify them and explain your reasoning

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Howard Knapp · Answer 1

Women had no say in any laws as they were prohibited to vote. This grievance was one of the most controversial and just barely won the vote to be on the Declaration but and was granted to women in 1920.

Another grievance deals with how married women were regarded in the eyes of the law. Once a woman was married, she had no rights and everything she once had became her husbands, including all property and money.

This grievance deals with the limited number of job opportunities that were available to women. Teaching was the most common one and even when teaching, women were making less money than their male counterparts.

Lastly women want to be educated. Elizabeth Cady Stanton herself applied to Union College but was rejected because of her sex. Women believed they deserved the right to an equal education in order to be independent from there husband.