Essay On Susan B Anthony

Susan B. Anthony was a feminist, and key player in the women’s' suffrage moment. As such, she was involved in many things to promote the cause. This speech is a perfect example. She is an activist who is making the case that women should not be discriminated against and should be given the right to vote. The various techniques that she uses to convey her points include emphasizing her point of view through creative means, using repetition to emphasize her points, and structuring the short speech in such way that a point which cannot be denied is used as the closing. Each technique is discussed below. Ms. Anthony opens up the speech entitled “On Women’s Right To Vote” presenting herself as having been convicted of the "crime" of voting. As a woman in the year of 1873, she, nor any other woman of the time, had the privilege of …show more content…
She used that phrase three times throughout the speech. Anthony specifically points out that the Constitution of the United States clearly states "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”. Based on this, she emphasizes that “we the people” who formed the union included women and not just white men. She therefore questions why, if this is true, are women not receiving the same blessings of liberty being given to white men. Anthony clearly believes that this is a form of discrimination. She further emphasizes that the statement, "we the people” means all people without exclusions. And, therefore points out that women should receive "the blessing of liberty" that the United States Constitution provides to white