Florence Kelley, as shown in her speech, views child labor as an injustice within our own people. Not only did she preach her distaste for the topic to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, but also worked with her fellow members of the same gender to eradicate child labor. In her speech, Florence Kelley uses repetition, facts as well as logical statements, and words and phrases that appeal to the reader's’ (or audience’s) feelings of either guilt or sorrow to convey her message of opposition to her audience. Within the beginning of her speech, Kelley repeats the phrase, “while we sleep” to target the guilt of those responsible, as well as the sorrow of those against child labor. “A girl of six or seven years … my work eleven hours
