Florence Kelly (1859-1932) was a United States social worker and reformer who fought for child labor laws and improved conditions for working women. In the speech that she delivers at the convention for the NAWA, she is able to use rhetorical devices (repetition and diction) to build powerful rhetorical strategies (persuading and guilt). With the mentioned strategies, Kelley is able to guilt and persuades her audience into believing child labor is a abomination, thus making them take action (to improve child labor laws). One of Kelley’s most successful rhetorical strategies is guilt. She (Kelley) builds layers of guilt just to prove how horrendous child labor is. A fine example of the guilt Kelley integrates, lies in the quote, “Tonight while
