Stanton and Woolf both identify with the suppression of women's rights in the late 19th and early 20th century. They mutually believe that if woman had equal privileges as men, woman would be able to accomplish more.

Through Stanton's speech, she was able to give women the encouragement to stand up for the rights that were denied to them. Stanton's main argument was that women were created to be equal to men. She was not lecturing that women would rise above men, but to be viewed and considered equal. Her choice to use the format of the Declaration of Independence showed that women are capable of greatness, such as the men who wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence.

Instead of being more direct, Woolf takes a more descriptive way to explain the suppression of women. She compares the life of a man, William Shakespeare, to...