Sunday, August 29, 2010

Alice Ramsey Adventure

I recently read a blog posted on the internet about a woman named Alice Ramsey. Her story is somewhat interesting, being that she was the first woman to travel across the continental United States in 1909 at the young age of only 22. Clearly the blogger's aim was to inform the audience of what it had not previously known before. In reading about this woman's journey, I was informed about how she began her voyage from New York City and ended it 41 days later in San Fancisco, California. I was informed about how she took along three close girl friends of hers in her 1909 Maxwell DA car and bravely drove through eleven American states to reach her destination. The blogger had different links to click on, each link classifying a different area of Ramsey's journey from beginning to end. The organization of the story accurately made the argument that the blogger was aiming at. Because the links were in order according to how the story unfolded for Ramsey, the sequence of events lined up correctly and every link led to a specific part of the journey that revealed a little more about her story. The language used by the blogger had no persuasive or convincing undertones, simply a message to inform the public of the voyage of Alice Ramsey. The blog effectively informs the audience of Ramsey's story, what happened throughout the course of her journey, and the effect her boldness still has on people today. The evidence gathered for this story was used for the very purpose it was gathered for and all the points included in the post were relevant to bringing forth information about a historical figure that many people may not have already known about.