The Great Lawsuit

In this essay, the female author is calling for changes in the law for woman, demanding more protection. She uses a lot of effective arguments within her feelings and opinions. One of my favorite from the essay was when she likened the state of women to slavery. It helps create a cause for women because most people are against slavery so she uses logic to naturally force people to hate the movement against women's rights. She uses logic in another effective argument when she says "But if woman be, indeed, the weaker party, she ought to have legal protection, which would make such oppression impossible." Fuller uses a clever tactic to convince people her view is the best. Most men making laws at the time would agree with her statement that women may be the weaker party, so naturally laws should be made to protect women.

It's such a tragedy that this was published in 1843, yet women didn't get the right to vote until the 20th century. Writing this essay must have come with it's own risks because of the nature of it. This really shows how taboo and groundbreaking this essay was.