What Textbooks Don T Say About Women's Suffrage Rhetorical Analysis

Rhetorical Analysis Women’s rights were not always a part of society as it may seem in today’s world. Suffrage can date all the way back to 1776. Women had to fight hard for their rights and privileges. In the late 1800’s women were seen as much less than a male and had no voice. Women were arrested, prosecuted and put down for wanting more freedom and power for their gender. As you see in many suffrage ads, women were desperate and wanted so badly to have the same equality as men. In Miller’s article Never A Fight of Woman Against Women: What Textbooks Don’t Say About Women’s Suffrage is that, “the idea of universal suffrage was popular around 1850, but had become unpopular among the middle classes by 1880” (p11). Although

This was a clear step back and damper on work previous women had made. If all women were not in support of the right to vote, how would they ever succeed? Anti suffrage ads began to appear everywhere. Men and surprisingly, women were not all in support of women having the right to vote. The ads were degrading towards women and were starting to appear worldwide as this was not just an issue seen in the United States.However, in Miller’s article, he states how, “there were many sides to the issue, and each point of view had both male and female supporters”(1). This should help the indecisive Americans, understand how there are positives and negatives in regards to women’s

The words next to the picture read, “The Suffragist at home, we don’t know what we want but we’ll get it”. This message easily relates to women’s anti suffrage as it appears the women has power and she is using it to her advantage. The man in the picture is taking orders from his wife and the anti-suffragettes are painting a picture that if women are allowed the same power as men, they will abuse it. The man looks somber and both children appear unhappy, as if they are throwing a fit of some sorts. This message relates to the anti suffrage movement because it is bashing the idea of suffragists at home, it is proclaiming that once suffrage is allowed, men won’t know what to expect with their wives. This can make the viewer feel as if women will become crazed or demanding once women’s rights are passed. Another way it can be seen is the women become lazy and expect her husband to cater to her needs. It is trying to inform the viewer that giving women power and rights will change them. It will change them to become controlling and assertive with their family. The viewer should feel some anger, this ad is not portraying suffragists in the correct way and it is making a point to make the women look as though this is how every home life will turn. This ad throws the cultural norms off for this time period. In most households, you see the mom taking