The speeches of Susan B. Anthony and Franklin D. Roosevelt on women's right to vote were both powerful and influential in their own ways. While both speeches aimed to promote gender equality and secure women's right to vote, they differed in terms of rhetorical strategies and strength of arguments. In this essay, I argue that Susan B. Anthony's speech was stronger than that of Franklin D. Roosevelt, owing to its passionate rhetoric and logical arguments. Anthony's speech delivered in 1873 was a forceful and emotional appeal to the audience to recognize women's rights as equal citizens of the United States. She used powerful imagery to draw parallels between women's suffrage and the fight against slavery, arguing that denying women the right to vote was just as oppressive as slavery. 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. …show more content…
While he did argue that women deserved equal rights and opportunities, his speech lacked the same level of passion and emotional resonance as Anthony's speech. Furthermore, his arguments were less focused and less logically structured, making it difficult for the audience to grasp the core message of his speech. Although Roosevelt's speech did contribute to the larger movement for women's rights, it was not as effective as Anthony's speech in persuading the audience to support women's
The age of progrevssisim brought a lot of solutions to social problems through woman’s clubs, settlement houses, and political and cultural responses industrializations status. Two figures from this movement were Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, each of which had their own stance on problems. They had to deal with many social problems both sharing similar and different stances towards those problems. Roosevelt , a man with a huge amount of courage, charisma, but was intolerant of racism and was known to the people as a hero while Wilson was a educated man who wanted to implement government control on people lives to help it make it easier on them.
Imagen what the world would be like if Martin Luther King Jr. and Susan B Anthony never presented their impactful speeches that changed history. For one component life would be more restricted and filled with violence and discrimination. Women would still look upon from a society point of view as weak and less than a man. The US constitution might even be changed to favor men. African Americans or any other race, of color, would be in fear, persecuted, and separated from the rest of society.
Intro Body 1 Body 2: Eleanor Roosevelt's advocacy and work for women's rights bridged the gap for women in a variety of disciplines such as politics and employment and spread her ideas about women and equality on a large scale. Eleanor’s advocacy spanned all sorts of different topics, but her most prominent had to be in women's rights. In the years 1924 through 1934, women’s impact in the democratic party expanded greatly in terms of party organization, voter mobilization, and the inclusion of reform issues. This was all of achievable because of a certain woman from New York. Eleanor was one of the first to start the long battle for women’s rights before anyone.
Women felt that Congress was not truly listening to them while the war was going on (Active USA Center). During the time of the Mexican American War, women were getting ready to push for the right to vote, but Congress was more focused on the issues of slavery. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass had worked together before, but at this time they had a decision to make. Were women’s rights more important than the freeing of slaves? Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the defenders of women’s rights movement decided against pushing for the right to vote, and instead helped Frederick Douglass fight for the freeing of slaves (Dubose and Dumenil).
Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the most widely admired women in her time as she dedicated her life to achieve the rights that women deserve. Eleanor Roosevelt was an American activist, politician, and First Lady of the United States. Roosevelt was married to former President, Theodore Roosevelt and was known to be one of the greatest, most outspoken first ladies in history. Eleanor Roosevelt has greatly impacted women's civil rights through her participation in the League of Women Voters, her involvement in the Women's Trade Union League, and through her newspaper column “My Day”. Eleanor Roosevelt’s involvement in the League of Women Voters was critical in women’s participation in politics.
As the saying goes there are many ways to skin a cat. My essay has to deal with two individuals, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Eleanor Roosevelt, while acting against social injustice, they acted in very different ways. Similarities Martin Luther King Jr. stated “We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was "illegal. " It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany.”
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Susan B. Anthony: all these people are known as heroes. They are also criminals, according to the laws of their time. All these brave men and women went to jail for their beliefs against the justice system, willingly accepting their punishments, and leading peaceful protests in the change of laws for which they were arrested. Their inspiration reached out to other causes as well, such as the anti-Vietnam war protests. They are all testaments to the power of civil disobedience, and the impact it continues to have on American society.
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.
Meanwhile in Susan B. Anthony’s speech the purpose of her claim was that Men and Women should be allowed to vote no matter what sex they are. For instance when Anthony states “the right to vote shall not be denied on account of sex.” This really shows the ideas of both speeches but it also expresses that Anthony is more meaningful and
Three Years after “Speech before Congress” was delivered by Carrie Chapman Catt a well-known leader of the women suffragist movement were women granted the right to vote and receive all rights as citizens. Catt’s speech was a major stepping stone for Congress to pass the 19th amendment. She was able to deliver her speech in a manner, which was persuasive to congress and encompassed all the rhetorical appeals. Not only did she describe benefits to enfranchising women, but she played to the patriotism of her audience to further her cause. During her speech she established herself as a woman of credibility by the eloquence she presented throughout it, also she used the logical appeal by referring historical precedence, and she created sympathy
Women's right to vote came early compared to people of color, who were given the right to vote through countless blockages. This point was used to help women argue for as well as gain the right to vote in the United States. This essay will cover the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as well as the
Today, millions of women can implement their rights to vote in all elections in the united states of America, but this (rights) did not come easily to those women who sacrifice their lives to make this happen. In the speech “Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage”, Catt delivered her message for women’s right from a firsthand account of what she had experienced as a woman living in the United States of America in the 19th century. She advocated for the rights of women to vote because she believes in equal rights and justice for all citizens. The speech was very successful because of the use of ethos, pathos, and logos.
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.
The purpose of this speech is to prove that women are citizens, and should be granted the right to vote. The reason for Anthony 's speech, other than her being a women 's rights activist, is that herself and a group of her followers were unfairly jailed for having voted in the 1872 presidential election (Peck and Wilmore). The judge wouldn’t let her speak on her own defense because he believed women were too incompetent to defend themselves in court (Peck and Wilmore). In this speech Anthony goes on to say that she didn’t commit a crime but simply,”...exercised [her] citizen’s rights, guaranteed to [her] and all United States citizens...”. Anthony also emphasizes that while black males were allowed to vote by the fourteenth and fifteenth
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.