Cause and Effect: Social Injustice Gender inequality has plagued the world for as long as we have inhabited it. Women in the United States have been in the shadow of men, not afforded basic human rights, because they have been told that's how things should be. Centuries later, women have received many rights they deserved, but not without the ongoing fight for equality. Stereotypes of women in America after the American Revolution reinforced the existing social hierarchy. As their social values ​​continued to collapse into the 20th century, women's primary responses included a ban on fighting together for equal rights, and causes as remote as the “Declaration of Sentiments” helped launch history-changing movements such as the American Women's Rights Movement. For many years, until the “Declaration of Sentiments,” women were responsible only for having and caring for children and keeping the house clean. They had no voice in politics, but they also had no voice at home. On July 13, 1848, a group of women, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, were fed up with the injustice and began discussing their frustrations over tea. They felt a strong need for change, like many other women in this period, because they believed they had positive influences on society and deserved to be listened to. This powerful group of women banded together with others and created a form of “Declaration of Independence” that also included women's rights, which they called “The Declaration of Sentiments.” (Eisenburg & Ruthsdotter, “Declaration of Feelings”). This was a huge step for women, because it gave them power that they thought was not possible to achieve. Although they were subjected to immense ridicule, this was the beginning of a long struggle for women