Learning about the Women's Movement with Sentiments Documents
Betts, Brenda, Social Studies Review
Sentiments Documents
What are sentiments documents? They are documents that have been written, usually by groups of people, to express their opinions and feelings (their sentiments) about an event or condition that is important to them. They serve as advocates for the rights of a group of people who have been subjected to inferior status, restricted opportunities, and unequal treatment.
There have been several significant groups of people who have expressed their sentiments by writing a document about an event or condition. Some of those sentiments documents contained ideas and beliefs that were provocative and shocking for the time period. Some of these documents …
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Publication information:
Article title: Learning about the Women's Movement with Sentiments Documents.
Contributors: Betts, Brenda - Author.
Magazine title: Social Studies Review.
Volume: 45.
Issue: 1
Publication date: Fall 2005.
Page number: 52+.
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