18th & 19th Century Oratory
1900-1940
Theodore Roosevelt, “The Strenuous Life” (10 April 1899/1901)
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Mabel Vernon, “The Picketing Campaign Nears Victory” (7 December 1917)
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Abraham Lincoln, “Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Institute, New York City” (27 February 1860)
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Horace Mann, “The Necessity of Education in a Republican Government” (Fall 1839)
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “The Solitude of Self”: Speech to the House Judiciary Committee (18 February 1892)
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Sojourner Truth, “Address at the Woman’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio” (29 May 1851)
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Frances “Fanny” Wright “Address Delivered in the New Harmony Hall, at the Celebration of the Fourth of July” (4 July 1828)
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Abraham Lincoln, “A House Divided” (16 June 1858)
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Abraham Lincoln, “Gettysburg Address” (19 November 1863)
/in 1700-1899, War & Peace /by adminEdward Everett, “Gettysburg Address” (19 November 1863)
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Albert Beveridge, “March of the Flag” (16 September 1898)
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “Our Girls” (Winter 1880)
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Kicking Bear, “Address at the Council Meeting of Hunkpapa Sioux, Great Sioux Reservation” (9 October 1890)
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Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (8 July 1741)
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Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law in All of Its Phases” (13 February 1893)
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Maria W. Miller Stewart, “Lecture Delivered at Franklin Hall” (21 September 1832)
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Frances Watkins Harper, “Woman’s Political Future” (20 May 1893)
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William Apess, “Eulogy on King Philip” (26 January 1836)
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “Address on Woman’s Rights” (September 1848)
/in 1700-1899, Citizenship & Civic Identity /by adminSusan B. Anthony, “Is It a Crime for a U.S. Citizen to Vote” (3 April 1873)
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