Question

Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"

Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman?
Why is this quotation an example of ethos?
Truth is implying that all of her listeners have experienced similar pain and can relate to her struggle.
Truth is suggesting that listeners should feel sympathy for her because she has suffered through extreme hardship.
Truth is testifying that women deserve equal rights because they can be as physically capable as men.
Truth is demonstrating that all women in the US have faced the same struggle that she has. 2Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"

Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman?
Why is this quotation an example of ethos?
Truth is implying that all of her listeners have experienced similar pain and can relate to her struggle.
Truth is suggesting that listeners should feel sympathy for her because she has suffered through extreme hardship.
Truth is testifying that women deserve equal rights because they can be as physically capable as men.
Truth is demonstrating that all women in the US have faced the same struggle that she has. 3Based on "Ain't I a Woman?," how did Truth most likely feel about the anti-suffragist idea that women were too sentimental and emotional to be involved in politics?
She likely agreed, since she endured a great deal of hardship and struggle in her life.
She likely agreed, since she asserted that women had more important pursuits than winning the right to vote.
She likely disagreed, since she believed that women were more qualified than men to participate in government.
She likely disagreed, since she believed that women could be just as strong and resilient as men. 4Read the quotation from "Ain't I a Woman?"

That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.
Which 1850s social norm is reflected in the excerpt about white women?
the idea that women should look delicate and be handled delicately
the idea that women should avoid too many intellectual pursuits
the idea that women should devote themselves to becoming a mother
the idea that women should be more practical and less sentimental5Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" best refutes the anti-suffragist idea that women were too fragile to handle the right to vote?
Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman!
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere.
Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.
I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!

Answer 1

1 & 2. Answer: "Truth is testifying that women deserve equal rights because they can be as physically capable as men."
Rationale: Truth uses her own work and strength as credibility (ethos) to argue women are capable and deserve rights.

3. Answer: "She likely disagreed, since she believed that women could be just as strong and resilient as men."
Rationale: Her examples of hard labor counter the claim that women are too sentimental/weak for politics.

4. Answer: "the idea that women should look delicate and be handled delicately."
Rationale: The carriage/ditches line reflects the 1850s ideal of female fragility and chivalric treatment.

5. Answer: "I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!"
Rationale: This excerpt directly disproves the claim that women are too fragile by showing physical strength and endurance.