Carrie Chapman Catt

government (third paragraph).’ “ This is an example of logos because it’s logical, meaning it makes sense and it’s a true statement. Women were fighting for the right to vote and she is trying to persuade to congress that it is very important to them. Catt used many examples of rhetoric to build her claim; the other texts didn’t use rhetoric as…

Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Women Suffrage Association, supported the war. She believed that if she supported the war, it would open more opportunities for women. During World War II women had to work outside of the home to make up for the men being out for war. Catt believed that being a part of the war, this would lead to the nineteenth amendment, which allowed woman…

Carrie Chapman Catt was an extraordinary woman and activist promoting the rights of women for their political freedoms. Moreover, Catt’s background as a teacher, superintendent of schools, and women’s activist gave credibility to her being a well-educated and refined woman, providing the ethos of her claim. (History.com) For this reason, she was more than capable of advocating for all women of our great country in the fight to allow women the right to a say in their government by giving them the…

that they did not have a problem with them, that they only had friendship and sympathy towards them. However since they were an autocratic government they acted on impulse when they entered the war and their people had no say in the matter. Carrie Chapman Catt described the Unites States as being half democratic and half autocratic.…

Road to Women 's Suffrage On the day July 19, 1848 a meeting was in Seneca Falls, New York. This meeting was organized by a group of local Quakers and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an abolitionist and leading figure of the women 's rights movement. The meeting was held in six sessions, and lasted two days. Many subjects were debated, including the role of women in society and their right to vote. There were 300 men and women gathered at the convention; among them was the famous abolitionist Frederick…

the right for women to vote, in 1918 and later became a part of the Constitution in 1920. There were notable women leaders and crusaders that promoted and advanced women’s status in the male dominant political climate. One of the leaders was Carrie Chapman Catt, a women’s suffrage campaigner that challenged Congress for the support of the establishment for a constitutional…

For many centuries, women were viewed as second class citizens who were weak and insignificant. They were meant to stay and look after their homes, as well as raising kids, while the men do the hard labor. This meant they were the only source of income. Men were considered failures if their wives went to find work outside the house because it meant that the men were not enough and needed help. Women were not encouraged to pursue education or a professional career (National Women’s 2007). They…

Political reforms, with the attempt to avert corruption and to allow freedom of speech. As well as the movement for women’s rights, with Carrie Catt and Charlotte Gilman working for woman’s right to vote and equal job opportunities. Finally, with eh reforms in labor from FDRs New Deals Policies that created jobs to pull the country of the great depression. And with the “alphabet soup” of acts…

The 19th amendment was passed in 1919 nearly a hundred years since the start of the fight of women 's equality. The amendment states, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” (1919, Our Documents) Giving women the right to vote, a huge leap forward in the fight for women’s right and equality. The women’s suffrage movement and the passage of the 19th amendment would ultimately lead to greater…

The United States entered the war unprepared, with very little planning. Although they had a large navy, The United States had a small army with just 125,000 men. These men were by no means trained or equipped for the war in Europe. In President Woodrow Wilson’s war message, he pledged to contribute all his nation’s significant resources to the Allied countries. However, he was not able to provide troops to aid the Allies in Europe. Building an army would take time that the Allies could not…