Resolutions

• The resolutions portion to the declaration was basically a list of of things women wanted the right to have.
• There are 12 resolved points in the declaration that women wanted.

 "Resolved, That such laws as conflict, in any way, with the true and substantial happiness of woman, are contrary to the great precept of nature and of no validity, for this is superior in obligation to any other."

• Women wanted to have a say on matters that not only concerned them but the nation as well.

"Resolved, that all laws which prevent woman from occupying such a station in society as her conscience shall dictate, or which place her in a position inferior to that of man, are contrary to the great precept of nature and therefore of no force or authority."

• Women wanted to have the right to occupy specific positions in society.

"Resolved, that woman is man’s equal, was intended to be so by the Creator, and the highest good of the race demands that she should be recognized as such."

• Women wanted to be treated as equals to men.

"Resolved, that the women of this country ought to be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation by declaring themselves satisfied with their present position, nor their ignorance, by asserting that they have all the rights they want."

• Women wanted to give their opinions on the life they lived and their current positions as a woman.

"Resolved, that inasmuch as man, while claiming for himself intellectual superiority, does accord to woman moral superiority, it is preeminently his duty to encourage her to speak and teach, as she has an opportunity, in all religious assemblies."

• Women wanted the right to speak at religious gatherings.

"Resolved, that the same amount of virtue, delicacy, and refinement of behavior that is required of woman in the social state also be required of man, and the same transgressions should be visited with equal severity on both man and woman."

• Women wanted the same virtue and the same refined behavior among men and women.

"Resolved, that the objection of indelicacy and impropriety, which is so often brought against woman when she addresses a public audience, comes with a very ill grace from those who encourage, by their attendance, her appearance on the stage, in the concert, or in feats of the circus."

• Women wanted to be allowed to speak out in public.

"Resolved, that woman has too long rested satisfied in the circumscribed limits which corrupt customs and a perverted application of the Scriptures have marked out for her, and that it is time she should move in the enlarged sphere which her great Creator has assigned her."

• Women wanted to make something out of themselves by getting an education and a job.

"Resolved, that it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise."

• Women wanted the right to vote.

"Resolved, that the equality of human rights results necessarily from the fact of the identity of the race in capabilities and responsibilities."

• Women wanted to be treated equal with their responsibilities.

"Resolved, that the speedy success of our cause depends upon the zealous and untiring efforts of both men and women for the overthrow of the monopoly of the pulpit, and for the securing to woman an equal participation with men in the various trades, professions, and commerce."

•  Women wanted to have equal rights at getting similar professions as men.

"Resolved, therefore, that, being invested by the Creator with the same capabilities and same consciousness of responsibility for their exercise, it is demonstrably the right and duty of woman, equally with man, to promote every righteous cause by every righteous means; and especially in regard to the great subjects of morals and religion, it is self-evidently her right to participate with her brother in teaching them, both in private and in public, by writing and by speaking, by any instrumentalities proper to be used, and in any assemblies proper to be held; and this being a self-evident truth growing out of the divinely implanted principles of human nature, any custom or authority adverse to it, whether modern or wearing the hoary sanction of antiquity, is to be regarded as a self-evident falsehood, and at war with mankind."

• Believed that woman and men should have the same capabilities, or that women should have the right to speak in all assemblies.