Read the quotation. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that men and women are created equal.”Which of the following best describes the origins of this quotation as it relates to women’s equality?

The wording comes from the Declaration of Sentiments, written for the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, where women’s rights activists adapted the Declaration of Independence. The original Declaration says “all men are created equal”; the Seneca Falls version changed this to “men and women.” So the best answer is the Seneca Falls Convention using language from the Declaration of Independence.

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