Reading the Declaration of Sentiments | A Primary Source Close Read w/BRI

In this primary source close reading, Bill of Rights Institute Senior Teaching Fellow Tony Williams is joined by special guest, Emily Krichbaum, a history teacher at Columbus School for Girls, a former professor at Ashland University, and a scholar-reviewer for BRI's Women’s Suffrage curriculum. Tony and Emily take a closer look at the Declaration of Sentiments, signed in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention. How does this document relate to constitutional principles and civic virtues such as civil rights, liberty, equality, and justice? How does it apply today?
Primary Source Close Reading with BRI investigates some of the most pivotal speeches and documents that made America. In this series, join BRI staff Kirk Higgins and guests as they dissect how seminal documents, court cases, and speeches forged America’s development and impact our lives today.
More information on this subject:
BRI Resources: Handout A: Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
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BRI Resources: Declaration of Sentiments Annotated
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Reading the Declaration of Sentiments
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Votes for Women: The Story of the Nineteenth Amendment
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Stand for Justice
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