Susan B Anthony Women's Right To Vote Analysis

Ever since gaining the right to vote, women in the United States have used their new power to further their ideals and influence politics.While women today are still not equal to men, many take advantage of the liberty they were once not allowed. In fact, the voters in the 2012 election were predominantly women, with 53% of voters being female (“The Woman’s Vote”). Throughout the women’s rights movement, there have been many women who advocated their goals through writings, publicity, speeches, and activism. One example is Susan B. Anthony, who was arrested and fined for attempting to vote in the election of 1872. Anthony wrote “On Women's Right to Vote” after her trial to argue for the necessity of gender equality, using logical reasoning and connections with the general public to prove her views
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For example, she tries to include everyone else in the creation of the Union, not solely oppressed groups.“ ‘We, the people of the United States…’ 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” (Anthony). In this she tries to make the fight for women’s suffrage one for all Americans, all who formed the Union together. Anthony also speaks on American families, and how inequality affects everyone. In an emotional passage, Anthony says that “ this oligarchy of sex, which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters, of every household - which ordains all men sovereigns, all women subjects, carries dissension, discord, and rebellion into every home of the nation.” By doing this, she places the problem with every family, and everyone listening, and makes it an issue whether they be a man, woman, or child. Throughout her speech, her attempt to make women’s inequality an issue for everyone is one of her strongest