What Is The Right To Suffrage Speech By Susan B Anthony

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Susan B. Anthony was a strong feminist who gave her Women’s Right To Suffrage speech in 1873. Although she was white and was privileged in many ways more than minorities, she didn’t have as much rights as men at the time, for it was the sexist men who were considered the leaders of the country. They believed that women didn’t deserve rights, that they were only allowed to aide their husbands and their children. They couldn’t take on a responsibility a man could, and in her eyes, that was despicable. The government was being a hypocrite towards the constitution, which stated anyone could vote, regardless of gender. She had her rights taken away from her, and she wasn't going to allow her unequality. Being a Quaker, Anthony strongly believed in equality amongst all beings. This is what caused Anthony to vote illegally in the election of 1872. She was then tried in court and fined for 100 dollars, but she refused to pay. A year later, she gave the speech intended to reach out to the nation, in hopes of the leaders to change their views on women’s rights. This speech gave Anthony the chance to finally speak up and encourage the U.S to join her in the fight for justice. By utilizing anaphora, sentence fragments, and asyndeton, Anthony empowers the nation to gain momentum towards the issue that was at hand: women’s rights. …show more content…

She says, “It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.” The function of the anaphora throws the discrimination that happened in the audience's faces, making sure to repeatedly prove her point that women’s rights to matter. By repeating the word “we,” Anthony makes the effect of pointing out how critical the injustice amongst the women of America were

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