In her famous speech "Woman's Right to Suffrage," Susan B. Anthony uses a variety of rhetorical strategies to persuade her audience of the need for women's right to vote. Her use of logical appeals, emotional appeals, and rhetorical devices effectively communicate her argument and rally support for the suffrage movement. Susan B. Anthony begins her speech by establishing her credibility as a women's rights advocate and emphasizing the injustice of women's exclusion from the political process. She appeals to the audience's sense of logic by stating that "the right which women needed above every other...was the right of suffrage," pointing out that women were taxed without representation and therefore denied a basic right of citizenship. By framing …show more content…
Anthony employs logos in her speech is by framing the issue in terms of fundamental democratic principles. She argues that the right to vote is a basic right of citizenship and that denying women this right is a violation of their rights as equal citizens. She emphasizes that women are taxed without representation, and therefore lack a voice in the political process. By using this logical argument, Susan B Anthony appeals to her audience's sense of justice and fairness and establishes a strong foundation for her argument. Susan B. Anthony also uses statistical evidence to support her argument for women's suffrage. She cites the fact that women make up half of the population, and that they are responsible for much of the nation's work and education. Despite this, she notes, women are excluded from the political process and denied a say in matters that directly affect their lives. By using these statistics, Susan B. Anthony effectively demonstrates the illogical and unjust nature of women's disenfranchisement and creates a compelling case for suffrage. Furthermore, Susan B. …show more content…
Anthony uses a range of rhetorical devices to create a memorable and persuasive speech. She repeats the phrase "equal rights" throughout the speech to reinforce her central message and create a sense of urgency. She also uses rhetorical questions to challenge the audience's assumptions and engage them in the argument, asking, "Are women persons?" and "Are we not all bound to obey the laws?" By using rhetorical devices to draw attention to the fundamental contradictions and injustices of the status quo, Anthony creates a persuasive argument for the need for women's right to vote. One of the ways Susan B. Anthony establishes her ethos is by citing her personal experience and involvement in the suffrage movement. She describes herself as a lifelong advocate for women's rights and highlights her active participation in the movement through actions such as attending political conventions and distributing suffrage literature. By emphasizing her personal commitment to the cause, Susan B Anthony establishes herself as a credible and trustworthy source of information on the issue of women's suffrage. Also, Susan B Anthony uses historical references to lend further credibility to her argument. She cites the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as evidence of the fundamental principles of democracy and equal representation and emphasizes the fact
She additionally incorporates repetition in her sentences to support her purpose, by asking, “Do you realize that when you ask women to take their cause to state referendum you compel them to do this: that you drive women of education, refinement, achievement, to beg men who cannot read for their political freedom?” , she asks another question, “Do you realize that such anomalies as a college president asking her janitor to give her a vote are overstraining patience and driving women to desperation?” Catt urges her audience to listen to her through these repetitive questions and make the Congress feel that a change must be made, she uses emotional diction to support her purpose of giving this message that women do not need to feel desperate for their
Susan B. Anthony played a major role in giving women the right to vote. She dedicated her life and never gave up on getting women civil rights. Women's voting privileges were extremely controversial during Ms. Anthony’s time. Every women should be very thankful that Susan Anthony had the courage to stand up and fight for their natural rights. Without Susan, women would not have the right to vote, including minorities.
Susan B. Anthony felt that “ everyone deserved to have equal rights racially, within gender, and even educational equality” (Salam). Anthony played a tremendous role in the Women's Activist Movement, which meant that she devoted her life to working on getting women the right to vote and feel equal. Anthony began her journey to get the 19th amendment ratified in 1852. Anthony organized rallies to help get her point across that everyone should be treated the same. Susan B. Anthony was a woman who set the pathway for women’s rights activist and for a big change in society and around the world even to this day.
Before August 18th, 1920, only men could vote in the United States. One person that helped to right this wrong was Carrie Chapman Catt. In Carrie Chapman Catt’s address to Congress on women’s suffrage, she uses logos, pathos, and other rhetorical devices to convince Congress to give women more rights. One tool that helps make this speech as effective as it is is logos. She demonstrates logos when introducing the second reason as to why women’s suffrage is inevitable.
Before the suffrage movement, women in the United States were largely confined to traditional roles and had limited opportunities for active participation in public life. A significant number of women became engaged in the fight for women's suffrage and other social causes. Women like Jane Addams who say that women should be granted the right to vote because they care the most and do the most. In “Ballot Necessary for Women”, she states “Logically, its electorate should be made up of those who can bear a valiant part in this arduous contest, those who in the past have at least attempted to care for children, to clean houses, to prepare foods... ”Her point is that women already do so much hard work for the world, they should be qualified enough to partake in voting.
Thousands of women have screamed at the top of their lungs, clawed at the patriarchy, and tirelessly fought for their rights as citizens of the United States of America. From the beginning of mankind, women have been labeled as inferior to men not only physically, but mentally and intellectually as well. Only in 1920 did women gain the right to voice their opinions in government elections while wealthy white men received the expected right since the creation of the United States. A pioneer in women’s suffrage, Susan B. Anthony publicly spoke out against this hypocrisy in a time when women were only seen as child bearers and household keepers. Using the United State’s very own Constitution and Declaration as ammunition, Anthony wrote countless
The author, a 19th century women’ rights leader, intends to justify her voting act was not a crime but rather an act based on her constitutional rights and further claims that since all women are also people, all women should not be discriminated because of their gender: just like how negroes should not be segregated because of their skin color. In order to effectively and strongly build her argument, the writer, Susan Anthony uses various writing techniques: use of emotional and deep-seated terminologies to describe the unfair intolerance; analogies with the ‘negroes’ engage the readers; repetition of phrases to emphasize her statement. First of all, the use of the narrator’s sentimental words and phrases enhances her argument’s verity and
Anthony’s speech was well thought through and it gave off a positive connotation. She argued not as an odd one out but as a fellow citizen. Susan B. Anthony’s claim was that women’s right to vote was not a crime, but she was just exercising her rights as a citizen. She also stated that “It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.” here she also used undeniable facts to prove her point.
They often appealed to the idea that to be better mothers and wives theyneeded the vote, in order to protect their families. In this text, there is also an appeal to ethos,citing the Constitution in outlining their rights, as they are people. " Votes for Women! TheWoman's Reason" reflect the importance of writing in spreading messages and effective writingsthat appealed to logic and emotion aimed to convince America of the suffrage movement.
Her arguments are clear with her specific reasons and evidences to support her argument. Fortunately, women’s right to vote was created; however, when we think back, we can imagine that Anthony and the women had tough time living in their
This reaction inspires Anthony’s speech “Women's rights to the Suffrage” which uses rhetorical appeals to bring awareness to the neglection
Many speeches were given to help them gain their right. Susan B. Anthony gave speeches so that it would help them gain the support they needed for their journey. She did this to prove to women that they were not going to be taken seriously unless they prove that they can, which was getting that right for them. In 1872 Susan started doing things by herself. She went to vote illegally for the presidential election
Her use of rhetorical questions such as "Is it not time that we had the same rights as men?" was effective in engaging the audience and making them question their own beliefs. Anthony's speech was also logically structured, with a clear argument that women's contributions to society, such as raising children, made it imperative for them to have a say in political decisions.
For a very long time, the voting rights of the citizens have been a problem in the US. It started out with only men with land being able to vote, and then expanded to white men, and then to all men. However, women were never in the situation, they were disregarded and believed to not be worthy enough to have the same rights as men. They were essentially being treated as property, therefore having no rights. But, in Susan B. Anthony’s speech, she hits upon the point that women are just as righteous as men.
Susan B. Anthony, a woman who was arrested for illegally voting in the president election of 1872, in her “On Women's Right to Vote” speech, argues that women deserve to be treated as citizens of America and be able to vote and have all the rights that white males in America have. She begins by introducing her purpose, then provides evidence of how women are citizens of America, not just males by using the preamble of the Constitution, then goes on about the how this problem has became a big problem and occurs in every home in the nation, and finally states that women deserve rights because the discrimination against them is not valid because the laws and constitutions give rights to every CITIZEN in America. Anthony purpose is to make the woman of America realize that the treatment and limitations that hold them back are not correct because they are citizens and they deserve to be treated like one. She adopts a expressive and confident tone to encourage and light the hearts of American woman. To make her speech effective, she incorporates ethos in her speech to support her claims and reasons.