Susan B Anthony Women's Right To Vote Analysis
The purpose and claim in Susan B. Anthony’s speech on women’s right to vote is clear and precise. The speaker is trying to convey the importance of recognizing the political right (as well as a democratic right) of women in order to keep up the true spirit of the U.S. Constitution and the nation’s democratic nature of governance. The speaker here claims that voting right is one of the most important natural rights and women being an equally important milieu in the society must have the right to vote. To support her claim the speaker has appropriately infused the three major elements of persuasion – ethos, logs, and pathos. Implementing the element of ethos Anthony, in the very first line of the speech reveals that she has the credibility to
speak on the topic of women’s voting right because she did vote in a Presidential election without having any lawful right to vote (“On Women’s Right to Vote”). Moreover, the speaker claims for women’s right of voting and to support her claim she takes the help of the element of logos and thereby logically cites that the nation’s “democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws” (“On Women’s Right to Vote”). By citing so she provides an evidence to support the validity of her claim. Finally, appealing to the emotions of her audience the speaker here in her speech states 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 this Union” (“On Women’s Right to Vote”). It is through such statement Susan B. Anthony appeals to the emotions of the American women and has instigated them to support the claim of having women’s voting right. Moreover, analyzing the structure of the speech it can be considered as an amalgamation of both the Rogerian and Toulmin model.
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Works Cited
Anthony, Susan B. "On Women's Right to Vote." Emerson Kent.com. Web. 6 Apr. 2015.
speak on the topic of women’s voting right because she did vote in a Presidential election without having any lawful right to vote (“On Women’s Right to Vote”). Moreover, the speaker claims for women’s right of voting and to support her claim she takes the help of the element of logos and thereby logically cites that the nation’s “democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws” (“On Women’s Right to Vote”). By citing so she provides an evidence to support the validity of her claim. Finally, appealing to the emotions of her audience the speaker here in her speech states 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 this Union” (“On Women’s Right to Vote”). It is through such statement Susan B. Anthony appeals to the emotions of the American women and has instigated them to support the claim of having women’s voting right. Moreover, analyzing the structure of the speech it can be considered as an amalgamation of both the Rogerian and Toulmin model.
(332 words)
Works Cited
Anthony, Susan B. "On Women's Right to Vote." Emerson Kent.com. Web. 6 Apr. 2015.