When Emma Goldman is searched, there is usually one word associated with her. The word most commonly seen is Anarchism. Emma Goldman was an Anarchist, and that title along with other details about Goldman affected and followed her for the rest of her life and even afterwards. Goldman’s gave a speech titled “Address to the Jury” on July 9, 1917, and this address became one of her most remembered speeches. Goldman’s gave “Address to the Jury” because of her history and Anarchism, and she used the speech to share her point of views.
In 1917, Emma Goldman was arrested for conspiring to violate the Draft Act, which sent drafted people to go to war. Emma and her codefendant Alexander Berkman, who was also charged with the same crime, decided to represent themselves in court, and this led Goldman to presenting her speech, “Address to the Jury.” Intriguingly, this was not Goldman’s first time being arrested nor was this her first time giving a speech. Goldman actually had a long history in both. Emma Goldman has been arrested on multiple occasions in her lifetime for reasons that differed from time to time. Emma had also given numerous speeches, where she spoke about topics that were outrageous for their time such as birth control. Her previous speeches gave her experience, gained her popularity, and helped mentally prepare Emma for “Address to the Jury.” Goldman’s popularity was also due to her editing job, and some even went as far as to state, “The period that Goldman edited Mother Earth, from 1906 to 1908, coincided with the height of her popularity” (Selfa). Emma gave “Address to the Jury” in hopes of swaying the jury’s decision towards one of innocence and not the opposition. Although Goldman was convicted and later exiled from the...
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Although many of her words may have angered the jurors, Goldman made the key points of every topic that she discussed very clear and easy to understand. She was able to talk about her stances, and use powerful language and various sources to help the jury understand why she held certain ideals. When describing her opposition to war, Goldman stated that "all wars are wars among thieves who are too cowardly to fight and who therefore induce the young manhood of the world to do the fighting for them." Also, Goldman goes to great lengths to clearly depict the fact that she was not acting in a violent manner. She used imagery, such as the officers who went to arrest her finding "Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, in their separate offices quietly seated at their desks, wielding not the gun or the bomb or the club or the sword, but only such a simple and insignificant thing as a pen." Goldman also makes it very clear why she does not believe that the war should continue. She claims that it is "not a war for democracy. If it were a war for the purpose of making democracy safe for the world, we would say that democracy must first be safe for America before it can be safe for the world." By repeating this idea throughout her speech, Goldman emphasizes why
In the “Declaration of Conscience,” Margaret Chase Smith addresses the American public and the United States Senate during a time of political unrest. Communist accusations and a “national feeling of fear” has brought upon this speech. Even with an upcoming election, the Republican Party decides a freshman woman senator would speak to the public, an uncommon practice at the time . In this paper, I will argue that Margaret Chase Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience” proves her credibility as a woman politician. Smith uses a masculine tone, simple diction, and repetition to prove to Americans and the Senate that she is a strong political figure.
The 19th century was a time of great social change in the United States as reflected by the abolitionist movement and the women’s suffrage movement. Two very influential women leaders were Angelina Grimke and Sojourner Truth. Grimke was born a Southern, upper class white woman. She moved to the North as a young woman, grew involved in abolitionism and women’s rights, and became known for her writing, particularly “Letters to Catherine Beecher”. Sojourner Truth was born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree; she escaped to freedom, changed her name, and became an active speaker on behalf of both the abolition and women’s rights movements. Truth’s most famous speech is “Ain’t I a Woman?”. While both Grimke and Truth use a personal, conversational tone to communicate their ideas, Grimke relies primarily on logical arguments and Truth makes a more emotional appeal through the use of literary strategies and speech.
In any event, point of view can be the most crucial perspective for the understanding of meaning and importance in a particular situation. This can be demonstrated by reading the accounts of the life of Emma Gudger from two very different perspectives: that written by Emma, "So I Sung To Myself", and another written by James Agee, "The Gudger Family, 1936".
myself will much like' and it is clear that she is very fond of Emma.
Hurston, Zora Neale. “The Conscience of the Court”. The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction. Cassill, RV. New York: Norton & Company, Inc. 2000. 340-350 Print.