Question

Read this passage:

The only question left to be settled now is: Are women
persons? I scarcely believe any of our opponents will have
the hardihood to say they are not. Being persons, then,
women are citizens, and no State has a right to make any
new law, or to enforce any old law, which shall abridge their
privileges or immunities. Hence, every discrimination
against women in the constitutions and laws of the several
States is today null and void, precisely as is every one
against negroes.
—Susan B. Anthony, "Speech After Being Convicted of
Voting"
What two issues is Susan B. Anthony connecting in the passage?
A. The fight for women's suffrage and the struggles of black people
B. The rights of the federal and state governments
C. The authority of the Constitution and the Declaration of
Independence
D. The rights of white women and the rights of black women

Answer 1

It seems to be A, it could be D, however I think A fits the context better.

Answer 2

A. The fight for women's suffrage and the struggles of black people.

Step-by-step explanation:

This are the two issues that Susan B. Anthony is connecting in this passage. In the passage, the author tells us that we need to ask ourselves whether women are people. She says that everyone would agree that they are. Therefore, she believes they deserve equal rights. Towards the end, she connects the fight for women's suffrage and the struggles of black people by claiming that the argument for full civil and political rights is the same one in both cases.