Six years after the end of the Cold War, America has seen advancements in promoting democracy and prosperity. Every American has the right to be proud of what they have accomplished, but at the same time people should not to forget the contribution of women during those years of hardship. As the Secretary of State of the United States, Madeleine Albright realizes her responsibility to make sure every young woman understands their own values. In the patriotic, powerful and supportive commencement speech to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College, Madeleine Albright uses a wide range of rhetorical devices, namely logos and pathos, parallism, and repetition in order to embrace the values of women in the world and to support the graduating students in their new chapter of life.

To start, Albright has spent a large portion of the beginning of the speech to emphasize the achievements of the United States in the past decades, while embracing the patriotic feeling inside every student using logos and pathos. Albright states that America is making the right choice under President Clinton, during an era of peace where the Berlin Wall no longer exists, nuclear weapons no longer target their homes, while the fighting in Bosnia has stopped. Given that the students, and all American people, had just gone through the long and exhausting Cold War in constant fear of a nuclear war and massive destruction, stating the facts that America has gone through all the challenges makes every student feel proud of their country, and proud of the contribution of women in making it happen. Albright also states the fact that the world economy is growing, and they have also seen enourmous advances in the status of women. Considering that during World War II and many decades after that, women have been involved in many aspects of American society, making their underrecognized efforts to lead their country to victories. The Women's Right Movement right during the Cold War is another thing that is meant to be highlighted when Albright talks about the social advances, appealing to the feeling of pain and anger women at the time had to bear while fighting for their values. By stating the historical, social and economic facts, Albright is emphasizing the importance of every women, of every student she is speaking to, in the bright future they are going to build. The use of facts and appealing to patrotism has succesfully worked to convey Albright's message of embracing women's values and recognizing women's contribution to the success of America.

Albright continues to exemplify the message of women's power by looking out of America and looking to the bright examples of the world while using parallelism combined with ethos. The use of parallelism is seen when Albright states that "[i]n Burundi, [she has] seen women taking the lead [...] In Guatemala, [she has] talked to women striving [...] and in Burma, [she has] met with [...] Aung San Suu Kyi, who risks her life [...] for democracy in her country." By using parallelism of her experiences, Albright utilizes ethos to build her credibility as a female Secretary of State of the country. Going along with the parallelism are the details of what many women are doing outside of America to help their country. The fact that Albright, a woman, has traveled and talked to a lot of other women around the world about their struggles and achievements makes every student feels confident about their ability, about their dream of significantly contributing to their country and to the world. The role of a woman is no longer just staying at home and do chores, they can be involved in politics, in causes of making everyone's life better, that is the message Albright wants the students to understand. Mentioning Aung San Suu Kyi as a specific example highlights her credibility and message even more. Considering that Aung San Suu Kyi has always been a target of the militia government in Burma, even to this day, highlights the reality that the struggle of women is still an going-on thing, so the students and many women of the world should embrace their power even more.

The last third of the speech is a direct message of Albright to every single student listening about goals and dreams, supported by the use of repetition of a certain phrase with a personal pronoun. With a certain voice, Albright constantly repeats that "if you aim high enough, you will [make it]." The rule of three is seen in this case which makes the part of the speech effectively memorable. Repeating the pronoun "you" is important because it establishes a close connection between Albright and every single student, making her words more sincere and powerful. Throughout the history, women had been excluded from participating in society; Albright understands this, and she is doing the opposite: repeating "you" to make "you" feel inclusive and appreciated. Albright acknowledges that every single student she is speaking to has worked so hard in the last four years, and perhaps their entire life, in order to be where they are right now, and Albright knows they are ready to make a difference in this world, that is why she is talking directly to them, because she wants to support them, embrace their values and beliefs. Not just that, Albrights also repeats "aim high enough" which refers back to the fact that this is America, where the American Dream flies high, and a person will reap the fruits they deserve if they dream high and work hard. Especially when at the end of the 20th century, women are having more and more chance of being independent and successful, Albright is emphasizing that this is the signal of a new era, where women like them have to power and knowledge to change their life, their country, and the world with their own hands.

To conclude, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has done an awesome job of embracing the values of women in the world and supporting the graduating students of Mount Holyoke College through the use of logos and pathos, parallism, and repetition. As discussed earlier, the fire of the cause of women has always been burning since the world has been turning. But as humanity developed, the world is seeing more and more women being involved in many aspects of the world. Mexico is having a female President. The United States have seen 2 female presidential candidates in the last 8 years. Contrasting this with a century ago makes every single person feel proud of what the world has come to, where one's value is not determined by the old measurements of race, origin, or gender, but by one's ability and talent to contribute to the world. The speech of Albright in a beautiful morning in 1997 is one of the pivotal landmarks of, quoting herself, "enourmous advances in the status of women."