Comparing Cady Stanton And Maya Angelou's Speech

Cady Stanton and Maya Angelou were two great woman who had similarities in their speeches but also they were different. In “On the Pulse of Morning” Maya Angelou talked about how people have a rock, a tree, a river in their life that are either always there for them or just pulls them down. She explains how they are in their life and how they can help others. Cady Stanton is fighting for women's rights so they can be equal to men like it should be in her speech “Declaration of Sentiments”. She is a women's rights activists who want women to have a better life. These two women are brave and will fight for what they believe in. While some differences between Maya Angelou and Cady stanton are straightforward, the similarities in their beliefs are significant. Maya Angelou and Cady Stanton both recognized freedom by trying to fight or show what freedom people have now. Cady Stanton fought for freedom within women by trying to have their own rights. She wanted women to be able to own property of their own and to their own person. For example Cady Stanton states, “He has monopolized nearly all the profitable employments, and from those she is permitted to follow, she …show more content…
For example Angelou hopes for people to acknowledge the achievements that have already been made. While Stanton was trying to convince woman having rights of their own. She wanted women to not be the man’s slave anymore. For example Stanton explains, “ The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward women, having a direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her”(112) . Then Angelou says everyone has roots within everybody. She once stated, “ On traveller, has been paid for”(Angelou 55). Lastly Angelou and Stanton are aiming for the same belief but in their own