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Dorothy Richard Speech Analysis
I could not decide on what speech that I want to do. So I just picked a random speech. I choose the speech based on the gender of the speaker and the topic on the speech. The speech I am giving is 1988 DNC Keynote Addresses given by Dorothy Ann Willis Richards. Dorothy Ann Willis Richard was born September 1, 1993 in Lakeview, Texas. Dorothy died September 13, 2006; she was 73 when she died. She was an only child and grew up in Waco, Texas. She had graduates from Waco High School in 1950, and then attended Baylor University. While on a debate team scholarship, she had earned her bachelor’s degree. Richards married her high school sweetheart David “Dave” Richards. They moved to Austin, Texas. She had dropped her first name was then after that call Ann. Ann then earned her teaching certificate at the University of Texas. She taught social studies and history at Fulmore Junior High School in Austin, Texas from 1955-1956. Dave and Ann had 4 children Cecile, Daniel, Clark, and Ellen. …show more content…
Richards presented various training sessions throughout the state on campaign techniques for women candidates and managers. Richard had also supported ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In 1976, Richards ran against and defeated the Travis County, Texas Commissioners' Court; she took 81.4 percent of the vote against opponent Laurel Freeman to win re-election in 1980. During this time, in part because of the strain of politics on the relationship; her marriage had come to an end. Richards' had a drinking problem and it had become more distinct. She sought and completed treatment for alcoholism in 1980.
In 1988 Richards delivered her speech known as 1988 DNC Keynote Addresses. When Richard address to this it had put her in the national spotlight. The speech was highly critical of the Reagan Administration and then-Vice President George H. W. Bush. This speech set the tone for her political

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