"If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these
women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! "
Ethos
Saying she's a women
"And ain't I a woman?"
Wrote the speech to get more rights
"Truth's date of birth was not recorded, as was typical of children born into slavery" and "ain't I a woman?"
Pathos
Men will be in a fix soon
"the white men will be in a fix pretty soon"
Said it would be mean if you didn't give her her half measure full
"If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have
my little half measure full?"
Logos
She said she is strong
"I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!"
She says Christ came from God and a Woman
"Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him."
She wants the same rights as men
"If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these
women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! "
History
She was an ex-slave
"Truth's date of birth was not recorded, as was typical of children born into slavery"
History GCSE AQA B: Modern World History - International Relations: Conflict and Peace in the 20th Century - Topic 2: Peacemaking 1918-19 and the League of Nations