Question

What rhetorical features in lines 81-93 of the Declaration of Sentiments support Stanton's purpose in writing?

Answer 1

In this passage, Stanton's appeal is ethos to persuade the reader that women deserve equal rights to men. She states that every aspect of their patriarchal society has oppressed women in some way, despite the fact that women make up for half of the population.

Answer 2

Lines 81-93 of Staton's Statement of Sentiments utilize characteristics of ethos, which is rhetoric with appeal to ethics.

The Declaration of Sentiments was considered the first document that listed the injustices suffered by women, such as the impediment of the right to vote, the salary they received, the purchase of property, the occupation of important positions in companies, participation in the Religious Ministry and divorce. This letter had a strong ethical appeal and marks the official beginning of the Women's Liberation Movement, which seeks to end the old social roles of women, built in the light of patriarchy. The main purpose of this movement and discussed strongly during the Convention was the right to vote for women, won in the United States in 1920