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    Florence Kelley’s, United States social worker, main message in this speech is that child labor is a huge issue in our society. She gave this speech at the National Woman Suffrage Association convention to raise awareness for these kids. From reading the text you can come to the conclusion that she feels very strongly about the situation. To help get her point across she uses logo, repetition of phrases and words, and an overwhelming amount of pathos. In the beginning of the speech Kelley states cold hard facts. She gives the logical aspect of the situation. When stating facts like “two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread” and “... in New Jersey, boys and girls, after their 14th birthday, enjoy the pitiful…

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    including Florence Kelley. Florence Kelley deserves a place in history because she was such an inspirational person who had accomplished giving women and children better rights, especially in the work force. Florence Kelley grew up in a political family which led her to become the person that she was. She had once heard about the abolishment of slavery and the women’s right movement which led her to helping women and children gain the rights that they deserve. Motivation Florence Kelley was able…

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    United States social worker and reformer Florence Kelley, successfully fought for child labor laws as well as better working conditions for women. She delivered a speech on July 22, 1905 at the National American Women Suffrage Association in Philadelphia. Florence Kelley uses logical appeal, reveals emotion to connect with the audience, and illustrates imagery to convey her message about child labor laws and improved working conditions for women. To bring out her message, Kelley uses…

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    Kelley Speech Much of child labor has been dated back to the nineteenth and early twentieth century when young children of all ages were put to work in harsh conditions. Florence Kelley, a passionate and articulate woman delivers her speech towards child labor at the National American Suffrage Association in Philadelphia. She dictates injustices, children must go through when put to work on farms and factories. From the beginning of her speech to the ending Florence uses the appeals of ethos and…

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    Florence Kelley Rewrite Florence Kelley was a reformer who fought diligently to change the rights of women specifically in the 1905 conference in Philadelphia. Kelley gave a speech advocating for women to gain the right to vote. Given that her audience was women, Kelley appeals to her audience by combining pathos and logos as well as repetition to speak about ending child labor laws through voting. Florence Kelley uses logos to induce pathos in her audience. Kelly relates to the audience that…

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    In her speech, “The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements” describes that young people have no way to change the social maladjustment in society. As Christians, the workers have a genuine desire to help the poor (Presentation,10/5). The actions and activities held at the house benefitted Addams and her colleagues. Her colleagues, Alzina Stevens and Florence Kelley benefited from the settlement house in certain career fields. Alzina Stevens became the first probation officer of the Juvenile…

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    “Florence Kelley dedicated her life to social reform. She wanted to end many social problems, including labor and racial movements in the United States.” (Norwood, Arlisha R) Florence Kelley was born on September 12th, 1859 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was raised mainly by her father, with whom she was very close, and her main inspiration for becoming an abolitionist. Her father raised both her and her siblings with strong morals, and was considered “an abolitionist of strict principles.”…

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    Florence Kelley, a late United States social worker and reformer, created a speech on child labor in the United States which captured the attention of its readers and listeners. In this speech, given before the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia on July 22, 1905, Kelley used rhetorical structure which enhanced her speech a great deal. These rhetorical strategies were metaphor and a well formulated and interesting diction, the appeal to logic, the…

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    D. Directly after the 19th amendment passed, giving women the right to vote, a feminist debate broke out. Two sides emerged with different views on how to continue to pursue women's rights. On one side, the National Woman's Party proposed a new amendment to secure equal rights for both sexes, while the other side was comprised of those against the passing of this amendment, for they worried it would wipe out the protective laws they worked so hard to obtain for women workers. The proposition…

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    Florence Kelley conveys her opinion about child labor by using mutiple rhetorical strategies. She uses appeal to emotions, repeation, and sarcasm to to emphasize how terrible child labor is. Kelley uses appeal to emotions to make the readers have sympathy toward these children. She stated, “Tonight while we sleep, several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills all the night through…” Kelley explains how while we are sleeping several thousand girls are working all night. While we…

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