Read the excerpt from Susan B. Anthony's "On
Women's Right to Vote
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens;
nor yet we, the malé citizens; but we, the whole people,
who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the
blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of
ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole
people—women as well as men. And it is a downright
mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the
blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the
only means of securing them provided by this
democratic-republican government, the ballot.
The word that best describes Anthony's tone in this
excerpt is
-indignant
-enthusiastic
-humble
-modest