Who authored the Declaration of Sentiments?

• A. Thomas Jefferson
• B. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• C. Samuel Johnson
• D. Cugoano

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is recognizing who wrote a pivotal text in the women’s rights movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. She modeled it on the Declaration of Independence to argue that women deserved the same rights as men, articulating grievances against laws and social norms that restricted women’s autonomy and calling for legal reforms, including suffrage. The phrase all men and all women are created equal appears in this document, signaling a formal assertion of equality and a program for change. Other figures at the event, like Lucretia Mott, supported and helped with the proceedings, but Stanton was the primary author of the written declaration. The other names listed were known for different contributions: Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer and lexicographer, and Cugoano (Josiah Cugoano) was an abolitionist.