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Oneofthedefiningdocumentsofthewomen’srightsmovementintheUnitedStatesistheDeclarationofSentimentsandResolutions.PrincipallyauthoredbyElizabethCadyStanton,thedeclarationwassignedbyonehundredattendeessixty-eightwomenandthirty-twomenattheSenecaFallsConventioninSenecaFalls,NYinJuly1848.Thecontroversialandcourageousdocumentstated:becausewomendofeelthemselvesaggrieved,oppressed,andfraudulentlydeprivedoftheirmostsacredrights,weinsistthattheyhaveimmediateadmissiontoalltherightsandprivilegeswhichbelongtothemascitizensoftheseUnitedStates.Itwouldbeanotherseventy-twoyearsbeforethe19thAmendmenttotheU.S.Constitutionwasratified,givingwomentherighttovote.ThisshortworkispartofApplewood’sAmericanRootsseries,tactilemementosofAmericanpassionsbysomeofAmericasmostfamouswritersandthinkers.