Rhetorical Analysis Of Child Labor Speech By Florence Kelley

Political reformer and activist, Florence Kelley, gave her child labor speech to million of Americans at the Nation American Women Suffrage Association. Her speech consisted of the harsh working conditions that little children suffered day and night. Kelley’s speech conveyed that children should not be working and be exploited. The loss of innocence is conveyed when children have to work in order to earn their daily bread. Throughout her whole speech, she used a persuasive tone that evoked a great sense of pity for the poor children and guilt within the audience. Kelley addresses the problem and harsh conditions of child labor in her child labor speech by using clever strategies that consist of using emotion in order to impact the audience