USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Declaration of Independence guarantees that all men and women are granted the same rights
A
True
B
False
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D
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Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Declaration did not recognize women as active citizens. The absence of women’s rights prompted Olympe de Gouges to publish the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen in September 1791.

Detailed explanation-2: -The declaration further includes a Form for a Social Contract Between Man and Woman. In that contract, a man and a woman agree to unite in an equal partnership within which wealth is communal, belonging to both parties, and, as such, can be divided among all children belonging to either member of the partnership.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for equal work. Globally, women still have only three quarters of the legal rights afforded to men–an aggregate score of 76.5 out of a possible 100, which denotes complete legal parity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Olympe de Gouges, a female French political activist and playwright, wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen in 1791 in direct response to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.

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