RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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Question
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Women are better than men and should have more rights.
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Women should be treated equally to men and given the right to vote.
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Women are not as intelligent as men, and so they should not have the right to vote.
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Women want the vote.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Catt’s purpose is to convince Congress that it is time for woman suffrage. She adopts a confident tone, uses direct quotations, and appeals to logos in order to convince Congress that it is time for woman suffrage. A confident tone is adopted by Catt throughout her entire speech to congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -Carrie Chapman Catt, in her Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage, effectively claims that a woman’s right to vote is not only necessary, but also inevitable. Her goal is to convince United States Senators and House of Representatives of the idea that women are not inferior to men.
Detailed explanation-3: -Catt would return to the U.S. and resume presidency of NAWSA from 1915 to 1920. During her tenure she created the “Winning Plan” which coordinated the drive for the 19th Amendment with state suffrage campaigns. Catt’s plan advised suffragists to focus only on voting rights and the passage of an amendment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carrie Chapman Catt’s primary purpose in giving this speech was to assert that women will vote for the party that supports their cause.