Stanton's Woman's Rights Convention of 1848. Essay

Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Elizabeth Stanton have similar insight that everyone should be treated equally. King argued that all men are created equal and if it's not at the time of his speech then we should make a change in the future where it does not matter what color we are. There should be no segregation and discrimination. African Americans should have the same equal rights and respect they deserve. Stanton, in contrast, argues that everyone is given equal rights so women should also have the same rights as men do. Stanton wanted to address the "social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women." One of the problem Stanton believes is the government. We tend to always follow the rules of the government because that is what we are supposed to do in society. But in reality, the women are fighting to gain equality and the same rights as men. In the 1800s, men are able to vote, have a voice, and if married be able to tell their wife what to do. Women were also capable of the things men also did but the law did not see it that way.
Martin Luther King states in his speech about the Emancipation Proclamation and Declaration of Independence. In the 1800s, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation and wanted people who had slaves for themselves to let them go because he wanted them to have the freedom they deserved and be treated fairly. King uses ethos to credit Abraham Lincoln to show his audiences that once a great leader also fought for the African American's freedom. King even delivered his speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. King then says, "This note was a promise that all men- yes black men as well as white men- would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" (King 687). When King uses the word note, it is a reference to the Declaration of Independence. He mentions that America signed a "promissory note" to which we all should follow it. Stanton also uses a similar quote, "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men and women are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" (Stanton 682). King and Stanton use the phrase "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" from the Declaration of Independence to support their claim. But in Stanton's point of view in her article, Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, she wants women specifically to gain the freedom and rights like the men. In King's speech, I Have a Dream, he wants people with a different skin color to also be treated the same as the white people do, especially the African Americans. The African American's rights were stripped off of them. It was during the time of the Civil Rights movement in 1963 whereas Stanton's Woman's Rights Convention took place in 1848.