Address To Congress On Women's Suffrage Rhetorical Analysis

In America, all people have the right to vote, except for women, “Woman suffrage is inevitable. Suffragists knew it before November 4, 1917; opponents afterward” (Catt 1). It is important for women to have the right to vote because all people deserve to have a say in what happens in their government. Catt believes that women should have the right to vote and wants others to agree. In “Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage,” Carrie Chapman Catt conveys ethos to achieve the audience’s trust, pathos to engage the audience emotionally, and logos to present factual information in order to persuade the audience to believe that woman suffrage is a very important topic and should not be overlooked. First, Catt stresses ethos in order to gain