Why do you think stanton chose to echo the style

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1. Why do you think Stanton chose to echo the style and structure of the Declaration of Independence? What point was she trying to make?

2. How do Stanton's general political aims contrast with Jefferson's in the Declaration of Independence? (p. 732)? Give specific examples from both texts.

3. According to Stanton, "The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations of the part of a man toward a woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her" (para 3). How does she support this generalization? Do you find her evidence convincing? Why or why not?

4. Stanton writes that man has "usurped the prerogative of Jehovah himself, claiming it as his right to assign for [women] a sphere of action" (17). What do you think she means? Do you think her point is valid today?

5. In her conclusion, Stanton summarizes how women will fulfill the goals of her declaration. What specific steps does she expect women to take?

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