In 1925, Margaret Sanger delivered a speech called The Childrens Era.

The speech
discussed the topic o !irth control and ho" it should !e used a lot #ore !ecause children are
!eing !orn into unsta!le ho#es and$or the parents arent sta!le enough or a child. This speech
"as a ver% "ell speech. In the speech, Margaret Sanger uses ethos, pathos, and logos in order
to deliver her speech eectivel%.
In the speech entitled The Childrens era, Margaret Sanger uses ethos as one "a% to
persuade people. &n e'a#ple, ro# the speech, "here she uses ethos states, ( The Childrens
Era) This #a*es #e thin* o Ellen +e%s !oo* ,, The Centur% o the C-ild. Ellen +e% hoped that
this t"entieth centur% "as to !e the centur% o the child. The t"entieth centur%, she said, "ould
see this old "orld o ours converted into a !eautiul garden o children. .ell, "e have alread%
lived through a /uarter o this t"entieth centur%. .hat steps have "e ta*en to"ard #a*ing it the
centur% o the child0 So ar, ver%, ver% e".1 Ethos is the "a% the author, or in this case the
spea*er, uses a reerence in order to get their point across. In order to #a*e her speech
persuasive, Margaret Sanger reers to an old !oo* that discusses a vision o the the uture and
"hat it should !e li*e, and !eing in the (uture1 Margaret Sanger /uestions her audience as to
"h% things arent the "a% the% should. 2&ter on in her speech she ans"ers this /uestion !%
using other or#s o ethos and #an% or#s o pathos and logos.
In her speech, Margaret Sanger, uses pathos as a "a% to deliver a strong #essage. &n
e'cerpt ro# her speech states, ( Trainload ater trainload o children co#e in, da% and night ,,
na#eless reugees arriving out o 3o"here into -ere. Trainload ater trainload ,, #an%
un"elco#e, un"anted, unprepared or, un*no"n, "ithout !aggage, "ithout passports, #ost o
the# "ithout pedigrees.1 4% sa%ing this, Sanger increases a"areness and dra"s reali5ation to
her audience. In this /uotation she e'plains that so #an% children are !eing produced and
a!andoned "ith no place to go. This causes the audience to eel so#e t%pe o s%#path% or the
children and issue at hand.
6sing ethos and pathos allo"s Margaret Sanger to !e !lunt a!out "hat she sees and
appl% her opinions in it. In her speech she sa%s, ( 4eore %ou can cultivate a garden, %ou #ust
*no" so#ething a!out gardening. 7ou have got to give %our seed a proper soil in "hich to
gro". 7ou have got to give the# sunlight and resh air. 7ou have got to give the# the space
and opportunit% 8i the% are to lit their lo"ers to the sun9, to stri*e their roots deep into that soil.
&nd al"a%s ,, do not orget this ,, %ou have got to ight "eeds. 7ou cannot have a garden, i %ou
let "eeds overrun it. So i "e "ant to #a*e this "orld a garden or children, "e #ust irst o all
learn the lesson o the gardener.1 .hen sa%ing this, Margaret Sanger is !asicall% sa%ing, #a*e
sure that the children that %ou have are sta!le !eore %ou have #ore. This is her "a% o
inserting logos into her speech. She creates and analog% and co#pares raising children to
gardening.
This speech ( The Childrens Era1, !% Margaret Sanger is delivered eectivel% due to
her use o ethos, pathos, and logos. The speech dra"s e#otion and thought ro# the audience,
uses reerences, and uses analogies to help co#prehend the #essage that Sanger is tr%ing to
get across.