In the first place, Susan B. Anthony’s influence on women's rights have impacted a lot of …show more content…
Sojourner truth contemplates over and over again, “ain't I a woman?” (Truth 2) This appeals to logos because it's obvious that she is a woman. This makes the reader feel like the obvious answer to her question “ain't I a woman” is an obvious yes. Anthony asks the question, “are women persons?” (Anthony 6) Through her question she appeals to logos because it's obvious that female humans are persons. Again, this makes the reader understand the obvious answer and also realize that there is no difference in how women and men should be treated in issues involving civil liberties. In both of these sources Anthony and Truth prove through rhetorical questions that women are in fact just the same as men in that they are all people.
In all of these sources, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth help readers to realize that even though there is a clear reason that women should have the same civil liberties as men, tragically they do not. This matters because it shows the corrupt state that America is in and the fact that these issues have been around for awhile with obvious reasons why they are bad and yet, they still aren't