文档介绍：SP. 401 – Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
Essay Assignment #1 Fall 2010
Length: 5-7 pages, typed, double-spaced (Times, New Roman, 12pt.)
Choose ONE of the following two questions and write a 5-7 page essay in response to it.
You will need to draw specific examples from the texts we have read to support your
points; use parenthetical citations to document the sources you use. Be sure that you are
introducing your quotes adequately, creating smooth transitions between your own
writing and that of your sources. Your essay should include a clear thesis statement in
which you make an argument in answer to the question you choose.
1. Compare the rhetorical strategies used by Angelina Grimke, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Frederick Douglass, Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell and/or Sojourner Truth (choose at
least two of these) to argue for gender change. What did they do in their writing or
speeches to try to convince the people they were addressing? Who was their intended
audience? How did their use of language and types of argument appeal to this audience?
Explain what each writer or speaker was trying to achieve and how their arguments
helped them plish their goals.
Readings to Consider:
Angelina Grimke- “Human Rights Not Founded on Sex”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton –“Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions”
“Our Costume