Hillary Clinton Women's Rights Speech Analysis

Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide. In some places, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others they may be ignored. Women and men were not always equal in the U.S. Before 1920 women were seen less than men. But with the help of a hand full of people, women got their equality that they wanted. Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote. At the time the U.S. was founded, its women did not share all of the same rights as men, including the right to vote. Shirley Chisholm and Hillary Clinton, helped women earn the equality that women deserve.
Hillary Clinton was giving a speech to the UN, about how women rights are human rights and …show more content…
Both speakers stood up when everyone wanted to blend in. Both speeches use the strategy of pathos to relate to the audience. Since the U.S was majority women back then, I think that both women were smart to relate with their audience. Through the use of pathos, both authors appealed to men as well. So they both appealed to the majority of the audience. Both speeches had very strong diction that proved to people that they were both intelligent and that women can be as smart as men. Although they are their speeches are very similar, they are also different in ways. Chisholm has a more credible appeal than Clinton because she is both black and she is a women. This might also mean that her speech affected more people than Clinton. They also differ in that chisholm ended her speech by recapping the point of her speech. While, Clinton ends her speech by asking for god’s blessing. Clinton might have added in a religious context to convince religious people to side with her as well. Both speeches got their similarities and differences, but their purpose was the same: Equal rights for

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