I.The First Wave of the American Women's Movement The Seneca Falls Declaration is now regarded as the single most important document of the nineteenth-century American woman's movement.Using the Declaration of Independence as a model,it marks the first call for systematic rights for women along the lines of those already available to white men. The Declaration states: We hold these truths to be self-evident:that all men and women are created equal;that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights;that among these are life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness;that to secure these rights governments are instituted,deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.I. The First Wave of the American Women’s Movement The Seneca Falls Declaration is now regarded as the single most important document of the nineteenth-century American woman’s movement. Using the Declaration of Independence as a model, it marks the first call for systematic rights for women along the lines of those already available to white men. The Declaration states: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed