As with the Declaration of Sentiments she had penned some 45 years earlier, Stanton's statement expressed not only the need for women's voting rights in particular, but the need for a revamped understanding of women's position in society and even of women in general: The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings.
So wie sie es schon in der Declaration of Sentiments geschrieben hatte, drückte Stantons Statement nicht nur das spezielle Bedürfnis nach dem Frauenwahlrecht aus, sondern die Notwendigkeit eines erneuerten Verständnisses für die Stellung der Frauen in der Gesellschaft und für die Frau im Allgemeinen. „The isolation of every human soul and the necessity of self-dependence must give each individual the right to choose his own surroundings.