During the 19th century‚ miners were exploited and exposed to inhumane working hours in their early teenage years. Florence Kelley delivered a speech focusing on the concerns of how child labor is portrayed as a type of abuse. Throughout her speech she used descriptive complex sentences‚ rhetorical devices and a passionate tone. “For Alabama limits the children’s work at night to eight hours‚ while New Jersey permits it all night long.” With this statement she compared how the states are permitting
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On July 22‚ 1905 Florence Kelley revealed to the public about the amount of work that children‚ ages sixteen and under are doing in factories. Her concerned outlook on the situation lets the women at the convention of the National American Women Suffrage Association know that she feels this is a matter that should be taken care of. She attempts to open the eyes of the people to let them see that the time that children are spending working in factories isn’t time well spent‚ and that action should
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Florence Kelley’s Persuasion of Child Labor Laws A once hot topic became a now law-enforced face. Child labor has been a controversial issue and Florence Kelley was one of the many protestors that brought success to the child labor laws. She was an avid fighter and was not only against child labor laws but also woman’s suffrage. On July 22‚ 1905‚ Kelley gave and impeccable speech at the Convention of National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia about child labor laws. To successively
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conditions‚ conditions often deemed difficult even for adults‚ and are forced to work ridiculous hours. Florence Kelley gave a speech at the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22‚ 1905. In her speech‚ Kelley uses repetition‚ pathos‚ imagery‚ logos‚ and carefully placed diction to express how child labor is morally wrong and inhumane. In her opening paragraphs‚ Kelley uses an antistrophe to emphasize the increase of young girls in the work force. She said‚ “Men increase
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In her 1905 speech before the National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ social worker Florence Kelley fought for the abolishment of unfair child labor policies with the help of voters and petitions. In this fight‚ she depicts the horrible state of child labor throughout America‚ contrasting the “little white girls … of six or seven years” (29-33) from the women privileged enough to be in her audience‚ and speaks in both questions and exclamations‚ empowering her audience to do what they can about
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Florence Kelley (1859 – 1932) Florence Kelley‚ A Woman of Fierce Fidelity Florence Kelley is considered one of the great contributors to the social rights of workers‚ particularly women and children. She is best known as a prominent Progressive social reformer known for her role in helping to improve social conditions of the twentieth century. She has been described as a woman of fierce fidelity (Goldmark‚ 1953). Kelley was a leading voice in the labor‚ suffragette‚ children’s and civil rights
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Florence Kelley Timed Write In the times of the Progressive Era (1875-1910)‚ all people – children‚ women‚ and men – worked to get more income for their families. Hence the name “progressive‚” all people were engaging in business and needed more education for recently developed ideas. Florence Kelly‚ who was engaged though the hardships of child labor‚ presented an assertive and powerful speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association to preach her own thought and knowledge and to convey
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Speaking at a suffrage convention‚ social worker Florence Kelley calls upon her audience to combine child labor and women’s suffrage issues in order to make advances in both areas. Basing her argument on factual evidence‚ Kelley further uses emotional and ethical appeal‚ supported by strong diction and subtle syntax structures t convey the necessity of reform to her audience. Florence Kelley provides a great point with a weak argument in her speech. Her writing is almost mere state by state statistics
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AP Rhetorical Essay - Florence Kelley “Tonight while we sleep‚ several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills‚ all night through‚ in the deafening noise of spindles and the looms spinning and weaving cotton and wool‚ silks and ribbons for us to buy”. These words‚ spoken by Florence Kelley‚ were used to describe how horrible and tiring child labor was for young children in her era. When she was young‚ Florence’s father took her to visit factories where child labor occurred and this
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Florence Kelley was devoted to improving working conditions for women and children. She worked tirelessly to have child labor laws passed. We see her commitment to her cause in her speech before the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22‚ 1905. Kelley effectively utilizes the rhetorical strategies of repetition and pathos to express her desire to better things for the working children. Beginning in the third paragraph‚ Kelley uses the phrase that
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