Susan B Anthony Summary
In Susan B. Anthony’s writing, An Appeal to the Women of the United States by the National Woman’s Suffrage and Educational Committee, Washington D.C.(1871), She discusses the rights of women with a hopeful and longing tone; Her writing displays her as an altruistic idealist. Anthony wishes to offer justification to why women deserve the vote to those who could make this happen. One can tell from Anthony’s writing that she is very educated. Quotations from the piece such as “We, the undersigned, believing that the sacred rights and privileges of citizenship in this Republic were guaranteed to us by the original Constitution, and that these rights are confirmed and more clearly established by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, so that
we can no longer refuse the solemn responsibilities thereof, do hereby pledge ourselves to accept the duties of the franchise in our several States, so soon as all legal restrictions are removed.”(Anthony 1871) and “But as we confidently believe, and as we have before stated, the right already exists in our national constitutions, and especially under the recent amendments. The interpretation of the Constitution which we maintain, we cannot doubt, will be ultimately adopted by the Courts, although, as the assertion of our right encounters a deep and prevailing prejudice, and judges are proverbially cautions and conservative, we must expect to encounter some adverse decisions.”(Anthony 1871) show that she is highly knowledgeable in regards to the founding of the US. She uses this knowledge, as well as other general knowledge, to establish credibility and gets people on her side. The methods she uses to get people on her side are quite smart. She convinces the reader that if they are against her, they are also against something they believe in(God, The Constitution, etc.). Anthony’s writing is not only educated, but also quite convincing.
we can no longer refuse the solemn responsibilities thereof, do hereby pledge ourselves to accept the duties of the franchise in our several States, so soon as all legal restrictions are removed.”(Anthony 1871) and “But as we confidently believe, and as we have before stated, the right already exists in our national constitutions, and especially under the recent amendments. The interpretation of the Constitution which we maintain, we cannot doubt, will be ultimately adopted by the Courts, although, as the assertion of our right encounters a deep and prevailing prejudice, and judges are proverbially cautions and conservative, we must expect to encounter some adverse decisions.”(Anthony 1871) show that she is highly knowledgeable in regards to the founding of the US. She uses this knowledge, as well as other general knowledge, to establish credibility and gets people on her side. The methods she uses to get people on her side are quite smart. She convinces the reader that if they are against her, they are also against something they believe in(God, The Constitution, etc.). Anthony’s writing is not only educated, but also quite convincing.