Susan B. Anthony

1. Susan B. Anthony Women’s right to vote

2. Background • In the 1800’s women in the U.S. had few legal rights and did not have the right to vote. The speech was given by Susan B. Anthony after her arrest for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872. She was tried and then fined $100 but refused to pay. • Following her death in 1906 after five decades of tireless work, the Democratic and Republican parties both endorsed women’s right to vote. In August of 7920, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was finally ratified, allowing women to vote.

3. A few devices and def. • Logical Appeal= Based on logic and reasoning, using facts. • Ethnical Appeal=deals with rights and moral values. • Repetition= repeating a word or phrase • Restatement= to restate an idea or grammical effect. • Rhetorical Question= a question that does not need to be answered, an obvious answer

4. Examples within Susan’s speech

5. Logical Appeal • “I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercise my citizen’s rights” • She quotes from the preamble • “Webster, Worcester, and Bouvier all define a citizen to be a person in the United States, entitled to vote and hold office.”

6. Ethical Appeal • “and is therefore a violation of the supreme law of the land.”

7. Restatement and antithesis • “It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens”

8. Repetition • “Blessings of Liberty” She keeps restating it. • “To them this government is not a democracy. It is not a republic. It is an odious aristocracy” • “Oligarchy” Repeated three times.

9. Rhetorical Question • “The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons?”

10. other • Starts out the speech with “Friends and fellow citizens:” • This allows the audience to feel more personal with the speaker