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Hillary Clinton gives a speech at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. She argues that women's rights are human rights and that all people, regardless of gender, deserve equal access to healthcare, education, economic opportunities, and freedom from violence. She calls on governments and citizens around the world to work towards establishing laws, policies, and social changes that promote greater equality and dignity for women. Clinton speaks with a stern yet somber tone, citing facts about issues facing women globally while also appealing to shared humanity and hopes for a more just future.

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Hillary Clinton gives a speech at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. She argues that women's rights are human rights and that all people, regardless of gender, deserve equal access to healthcare, education, economic opportunities, and freedom from violence. She calls on governments and citizens around the world to work towards establishing laws, policies, and social changes that promote greater equality and dignity for women. Clinton speaks with a stern yet somber tone, citing facts about issues facing women globally while also appealing to shared humanity and hopes for a more just future.

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Answer each question in depth and provide specific evidence from


the text or speaker whenever available. The more you write, the better!

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SPEAKER: The speaker is Hillary Clinton, the First Lady of the United States. The speech was
Who is the speaker/writer? given on 5 September 1995 at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on
What do we know about Women in Beijing and is listed as number 35 in American Rhetoric's Top 100 Speeches
them? What can you tell or of the 20th Century. In the 2016 elections she ran for president She was her party's
what do you know about presidential candidate. who won the popular vote. She was the first woman senator
the speaker that helps you from New York. She made massive changes in government and shed light on the
understand the point of unfair treatment of women. she is one of the Biggest feminist I'm aware of. I believe
view expressed? she is a human rights activist. ¨Women's rights are humans rights and humans rights
are women's rights.¨ she says this not only for the betterment of women but for the
betterment of society.

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PURPOSE: She wants people to come together more important for women to come together
What is the speaker/writer and fix the treatment of women in society. There is more to women than just mothers
hoping to accomplish? and families. Women should have a place in this world. Everyone should have access
What is the reason behind to healthcare and have basic human rights. Women should have roles in politics.
this piece? What do they Give women the access to credit. They want women to beducated and protected and
want the audience to do allowed to match what men do. To give voices to women. Women's rights should be
after having listened? the same as human rights. Everyone should have equal treatment. She is speaking
directly to the government on how they should change their treatment to women.
She is also trying to empower women to fight for equal treatment. ¨What we are
learning around the world is that, if women are healthy and educated, their families
will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women
have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will
flourish.¨ She wants the world to flourish so she employs the governments to help her
in educating and treating women more fairly.

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AUDIENCE: Everyone around the world is a lot of regular people and government officials. Even to
Who is the speaker/writer women to work together and speak up for themselves.the are speaking to anyone
trying to reach? How do we trying to hinder the betterment of women in society. She wants to empower women
know? Do they indicate a in the audience and make the men respect her and other women in the world. ¨And
specific audience? What let us heed the call so that we can create a world in which every woman is treated
assumptions exist in the with respect and dignity, every boy and girl is loved and cared for equally, and every
text about the intended family has the hope of a strong and stable future. ¨ She calls upon the audience to
audience? help her do that.

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CONTEXT: She talks about china as she is in china and talks about their one child policy. She
What is the time and place defends women all over the world. Trying to fight for the people who aren't there and
of this piece? What is can't speak for themselves. Women are in poverty at this time. Women have to work
happening in the world as in the home and outside and are relied on for emotional support. Women are not
it relates to the subject of allowed to vote or are strongly discouraged. There are pretty much no women of
the speech or the power in the United states. She was given her own office in the whitehouse which was
speaker/writer? seen as revolutionary. She made a big statement for women all over the world.
Women should not be killed just because they are girls. ¨Tomorrow, I will attend a
gathering of the United Nations Development Fund for Women. There, the discussion
will focus on local -- and highly successful -- programs that give hard-working women
access to credit so they can improve their own lives and the lives of their families. ¨
There were current problems with how women were being treated and some people
were trying to solve them. She was a collective voice for women who wanted fair
treatment.

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EXIGENCE: Wanting to push womens and human rights, wanting to be seen as a strong politician
What was the spark or even though she was a woman she wanted to make her message heard all over the
catalyst that moved the world. It's not common for women to be in any office so she wants to change that .
speaker/writer to She acted strong and speaks for women all over the world. This event impacted her as
act/write? How did that she is a woman and is not as respected yet in office as her husband and others. She is
event impact the upset that Women are treated unfairly and are dying prematurely. She is sick and
speaker/writer? tired of how women are treated and viewed in society.

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CHOICES: Every every repeated a lot to show that this isn't just a one person or just women
What are the rhetorical issue it's for the world to help fix. We all need to work together to fix this. She is
choices that the looking towards the government and politicians to help her when to stop treating
speaker/writer makes in women and other people unfairly. At first she introduces Her speech about the
the speech? Think about problem and that is how women are treated in the world. later she goes through
overall structure, devices, specific instances where this is really a problem and that need to be fixed. all
diction, syntax, etc. throughout her speech she call to action the government and anyone else in power.
She goes on and on about how women's rights are human rights and human rights are
women's rights.She says this so often it could almost be seen as a mantra to make
sure it sticks in your brain.

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APPEALS: Talking about poverty and how women are watching their children die. She talks
Which of the three about hurting women physically and mentally. She talks about women dying because
rhetorical appeals (ethos, of abuse. It is strong pathos. At another point she uses the fact Women are 70 percent
logos, pathos) are present of the world's poor, and two-thirds of those who are not taught to read and write.This
in the text? Where? Why? is logic and logos as that is significantly less then the percentage of men that are able
to read. She has ethos in her delivery, the confidence, the fact that she's a woman and
that she is knowledgeable about other women.

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TONE: She sounds strong and stern and sad but not too emotional. She wants to be seen as
What is the an important politician and women's rights activist and that she knows that she is not
speaker/authors attitude seen as an equal and must be seen as a strong and worthy opponent to the men. She
toward the subject? Is the has a more Stern tone when reciting facts and amore somber tone when talking about
tone the same throughout all the bad things that happen to women in different places in the world. Stern
the whole piece? Where ¨However different we may be, there is far more that unites us than divides us. We
does it shift? What share a common future. And we are here to find common ground so that we may help
evidence is there to bring new dignity and respect to women and girls all over the world -- and in so doing,
demonstrate the tone? bring new strength and stability to families as well.¨ somber ¨It is a violation of human
rights when women are denied the right to plan their own families, and that includes
being forced to have abortions or being sterilized against their will. ¨

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