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  • Essay / Thomas Jefferson: Division and Exclusion of...

    The article Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845, this document revealed that it was not really a democracy if women did not did not have the same rights as men. . The article discussed how men did not take into consideration women's opinions on their "duties" and whether or not they were happy with them. The article argued that women can do what a man can do and that they should be treated equally or at least have legal rights. Another document dealing with women's rights and the fact that they were excluded from equal rights is the Declaration of Sentiment of the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848. Women wanted to end slavery, they would participate in the anti-slavery crusade, but because they didn't. have rights, it was difficult for them to put an end to slavery. They wanted to be treated as equals; the law was only in favor of men. These women suffered, they were deprived of education and some were not accepted into universities. Women from Native American tribes even spoke out against the oppression of Jackson's democracy, in the Cherokee Women's Petition, and these women of the Cherokee tribe argued that although it was unusual for women to involved in public affairs, they felt obliged. to denounce oppression. Due to the nature of Jackson syndrome