Question

Friends and Fellow-citizens: I stand before you to-night, under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last Presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's right, guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any State to deny.

—Susan B. Anthony, 1873

The passage above is an address by Susan B. Anthony in 1873. What is she speaking of?
A.
the rights of African Americans to vote in the United States
B.
the rights of immigrants to vote in the United States
C.
the rights of women to vote in the United States
D.
the rights of women to run for political office in the U.S.

Answer 1

C. The rights of women to vote in the United States (although at the time, she was only campaigning for white women. Make note of that. Early suffragettes believed that including WOC would make the movement fail)

Answer 2

Its A

Step-by-step explanation:

Anthony is trying to appeal to women, men and lawmakers.