Florence Kelly's Speech On Child Labor

Florence Kelly delivered her speech before the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22, 1905 about children working long hours whether at night or day. She is trying to convince her audience about the negative effects of child labor laws by illustrating the horrible working conditions and by using the structure of the speech to manipulate the emotions of the audience. Florence reveals to her audience that child labor is increasing uncontrollably. She refers to the ‘’deafening noise’’ of the machines the children work on all night to give a sense of the difficult work conditions children face in their youthful days, to explain how ruthless factory work is depriving children of a free