Similar to the Founding Fathers, women during the mid-19th century felt as though they were being unjustly treated. In the case of the women who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, they felt as though they were being controlled by men. So as their revolutionary fore fathers had done, these women framed their document in a similar form as the one that had created our nation. They emphasize the ideas that are embodied in the Declaration of Independence, the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They continue by stating they too believe in the right of the people to overthrow tyrannical governments, and in their opinion it is the male gender. They include a list of grievances which include: "has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice", "He has taken from her all right in property, even to the wages she earns", and "He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education, all colleges being closed against her." They believed their most basic of rights were being violated, so at the end of the document, the women include a list of resolutions and examples of the rights of women. They emphasize their unalienable rights, which up until that point had been severely violated.
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