On Women's Right to Vote
by Susan Anthony (excerpt)
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Friends
ellow citizens: stand before you tonight under
Indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last
What two arguments does Susan B. Anthony use to argue that women are entitled to vote?
presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote.
shall be my work this evening to prove to you that In thus
voting, not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply
She states that the founding documents confer rights on all people, including
exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all United
women, and therefore women are entitled to vote.
States citizens by the National Constitutlon, beyond the power
considered citizens and therefore have the right to vote.
The preamble of the Federal Constitution says:
we, the people of the United States, in order to form a more
She states that women already have rights, and they need the right to vote in order
perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
to protect these rights.,
provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare,
She states that If the Constitution can guarantee certain rights to racial and ethnic
posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America."
She states that women have evolved since the time the Constitution was written, so
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet
they have earned more responsibility governing the country.
the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty,
but secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of
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our posterity, but to the whole people-women as well as men.
She states that wornen who are born in the United States are automatically
and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
minorities, then it must give women of all races the right to vote.
we the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed
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