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Chapter 10 Graded Discussion-Remembering the Ladies Image:  https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/96/117396-004-342305F7.jpg  (Links to an external site.)  In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence from Great Britain. “…remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation.”  Under the leadership of Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a convention for the rights of women was held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. It was attended by between 200 and 300 people, both women and men. Its primary goal was to discuss the rights of women—how to gain these rights for all, particularly in the political arena. The conclusion of this convention was that the effort to secure equal rights across the board would start by focusing on suffrage for women. The participants wrote the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, patterned after the Declaration of Independence. It specifically asked for voting rights and for reforms in laws governing marital status. Reactions to the convention and the new Declaration of Sentiments were mixed. Many people felt that the women and their sympathizers were ridiculous, and newspapers denounced the women as unfeminine and immoral. Little substantive change resulted from the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848, but from that time through 1920, when the goal of women’s suffrage was attained with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Declaration of Sentiments served as a written reminder of the goals of the movement. Read and review the following: The Seneca Falls Convention Begins  (Links to an external site.) The Declaration of Independence (1776)  (Links to an external site.) The Declaration of Sentiments (1848)  (Links to an external site.) Use the Compare/Contrast  chart to clarify your thoughts  Use evidence from the resources provided, your textbook, and any other resource from the learning module to answer the following question:  How did women of the nineteenth-century use the Declaration of Independence to make their argument for equal rights?  Cite textual evidence from the primary sources in the learning module. Answer this question with a clear and convincing thesis statement in a minimum of 200 words.  Incorporate at least one (1) quote from the Declaration of Sentiments and the Declaration of Independence, include a source list, and use in-text citations.   Respond to at least one student in a minimum of 100 words. Make your response posts specific and personal by addressing your classmates by their first name.