Susan B Anthony On Women's Right To Vote Analysis

Susan B. Anthony, in her speech, “On Women’s Right to Vote” (1872), argues that in the United States, women do not have the right to vote. She supports her claim by first stating that women barely have any legal rights, then affirming that she is a citizen, and exercising her rights as one, then reciting the preamble of the Federal Constitution, then discussing how it specifically indicates that it says “we, the people,” not, “we, the white male citizens.”, and finally, concludes that it is downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government, which is the ballot. Anthony’s purpose is to address the issues in our society, and states how contradictory it is for the Constitution to say that we, as the people, including women, form the union yet women are completely belittled, criticized, ignored, and don’t have as much rights as the white male citizen in order to not only justify her actions,
The government is supposed to not give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them. It doesn’t matter what race, or gender you are. Yet, it is treasured, and is dominate to everyone else that surrounds them. Them being the white male citizens. The government is supposed to give the blessings of liberty to the whole people. In this case, to women as well as men. She discusses how we the people, do not live up to the standards, and the indications of the preamble. It is quite contradictory that the preamble claims “we are the people that formed the union” yet we have yet to live up to those