Margaret Chase Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience”

Stanton begins her declaration by explaining her understanding for an explanation of the actions of herself and her associates. She appeals to the intellect by quoting the Declaration of Independence and by specifically adding “women” to the phrase, “We hold

A strategy that she uses is asking questions. She states “What would the legal effects of the equal rights amendment really be? The equal rights amendment would govern only the relationship between the state and its citizens” this gives you a reason to see that she knows what she’s talking about. By asking questions she gets the people thinking and answering them provides the audience with of what will happen if they did this. Meanwhile it gives a reason for the people to understand why she

She states many of her opinions on how the press should stop telling and spreading false events and ideas in the newspaper. When given the chance she tells her audience journalist about how the American press about her feels and how she feels challenged by them. Overall, the beginning of her speech tells the audience how she is going to state information and how they should listen to

“The record of the present Democratic Administration has provided us with sufficient campaign issues without the necessity of resorting to political smears.” She uses the title of the DA not only to show the changes that need to be made but who in particular need to make them. “The Democratic Administration has completely confused the American people by its daily contradictory grave warnings and optimistic assurances.” This device again, is melded with the contrast that she uses often to show contradictions. “Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by

Shirley Chisholm's speech is effective because of her use of logical flow of ideas, persuasive techniques, credible sources, and counter-arguments.

Carrie Lane Chapman Catt not only stood her ground in front of the men representing this country, but the people of the country. Catt may not have the highest status among the men she addressed, but she did have a mature position in the fight for women’s rights. The women of this country, along with Catt, were in an uproar and wanted to have a say in the person that would soon be the one responsible for their national security. In her address to Congress, Catt employs the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos to create a convincing case for the civil rights for the women across America.

She uses this as her first point to bring to attention how only a few women are considered to be politically significant and that only very recently were they considered to be so.

With the tone Mary Fisher constructed, her character is also assembled in front of her audience, but for Mary Fisher to persuade her audience she also needed to be a credible person. To Mary Fisher’s advantage, her credibility developed even before the speech began. As a member of the White House, Fisher was already known by the Republican Party, thus her credibility was already established, furthermore since Mary Fisher is a respected woman who became infected, she was able to acquire the attention of the members of the Republican Party easily. Due to the fact that Mary Fisher is an HIV positive woman, the arguments, and purpose that Mary Fisher develops in her speech about the brutality of AIDS will get her audience to ponder about the issue. If Mary Fisher was not infected, her audience would only question her points, and ask her, “How do you know? How would you understand?” By strategically consolidating her character and credibility, Mary Fisher would be able to make her next move using logic and reason.

There are many comparable similarities and differences between “Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and “Letter to John Adams” by Abigail Adams. These similarities involve their purpose for writing the messages and the power that needs to be given to women. As for differences, both women appeal to their audiences in different fashions and the impact that their statements made on the future of women’s rights. Despite the differences in their writings, both women will make a lasting impression in the growing fight for women’s rights.

The address also says, “It is a death grapple between the forces which deny and those which uphold the truths of the Declaration of Independence.” This passage denounces the people opposing women’s suffrage as not upholding the Declaration of Independence. The author insinuates that the opposing party is unpatriotic and violates the Declaration of Independence. The “Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage” says, “A theory which prevents a nation from keeping up with the trend of world progress cannot be justified.” This quotation suggests that America will be behind the other democratic countries in the world for not supporting women’s suffrage. This creates guilt in the opposers for the hinderance of America’s progression. The speech also says, “That our nation may resume its world leadership in democracy” when women are allowed to vote. This shows that not allowing women to vote is taking away democracy from America. America is built on democracy, so taking away democracy is taking away America as it is known today. Both speeches effectively persuade through the use of word choice to promote the idea of patriotism. Another similarity between the two speeches is that they are both a call to action. The “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” asks that Congress declare a state of war, and the “Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage” is call to action for Congress to support women’s suffrage. The

“We have, in this country, two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread” (1-3). Throughout Florence Kelley’s speech to the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, she emphasizes the injustice of child labor laws and the need for women to take a stand by fighting for the right to vote. Kelley is one of many inspirational leaders who fought for women’s rights. She reaches out to a group of women so that they might call to mind their right to petition. In doing so, Kelley is persuading the audience to fight for their right to vote to change child labor laws. Kelley uses several rhetorical devices such as imagery, diction, and pathos

Woodrow Wilson, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Susan B. Anthony share a common purpose in their addresses advocating women’s suffrage.Wilson’s Address to the Senate on the Nineteenth Amendment expresses the opinion he holds about the lack of control over women being able to vote; he prioritizes the use of logos to create an argument consisting of present fact and his own belief of how the rest of the world will see them as a nation if they do not ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. Catt’s The Crisis analyzes her present issue of the acknowledgement of women’s suffrage. Catt explains that through the acknowledgement of women’s suffrage, women have been given more freedom, yet not the same equality as men. Catt wants more than just exceptions to social rules, she wants people to understand that a woman is not only an imperative cog in the societal machine, but equality should never be a crisis again. Susan B. Anthony wastes no time getting to the point in On Women’s Right to Vote; she instantly begins her speech with a strong denial of allegations thrown her way and moves right in to speak about the government basing a law off the sex of a person and how the government is not treated as a democracy. Through each of these addresses Wilson, Catt, and Anthony are divided by their point of view and united by their cause, yet only Carrie Chapman Catt’s address holds the most effective reasoning.

The United States Congress and its Government were designed to keep America and it’s citizens alive and satisfied. Created by men, and only men, it upheld what our founding fathers wished for our country. Congress, until around 1914, consisted of men and their opinions for the country. One would know that men have been there since day one and are still there today. But one would not commonly know is how and when a woman decided to make a change in the times and stand up for her beliefs. She was the very first woman in Congress, and stood against foreign war involvement. She held her head high against popular opinion and openly expressed the importance of women 's suffrage to the minds of those around her. This remarkable and outstanding

Another factor of Angelina’s progress is the radical nature of her arguments and the generation of loud opposition. “Success raises up opponents” . Angelina Grimke represented the most radical and controversial themes of her time. Not only was she a female Southern abolitionist and a champion of women’s suffrage, she publically proclaimed her contentious ideas to the masses. The very idea of “speaking to mixed audiences was a social taboo” . Women did not speak publically, certainly on political issues; these matters were seen to be too far above them. Angelina’s public response to Beecher and various other conservative opponents provoked dismay as she “extended the scope of [her] commentary beyond a simple defense”…and proved it to be “a powerful offensive on

Nonetheless, Stanton managed to target her audiences, by assuming herself as almost a philosopher communicating about life and individual human soul, rather than as a feminist (1). Consider that her audience were males and did not form a positive impression on her before she made the speech, Stanton was able to grab her audiences’ attention by turning away from her usual approach to promote women’s suffrage and raising a question about individual rights (Ginzberg 170). The speech was structured in a way that all individuals could relate to the speech, and benefit from reflecting about the question proposed by the speech.