In 1872, Susan B. Anthony, an American woman suffragist, tried to cast a vote in the U.S presidential election. This action was illegal. For this, she was fined $100 which she refused to pay. Due to this in justice, she delivered speeches to secure her efforts of the women's rights, and the right to vote in the United States. Anthony was outraged because she did not feel that she was committing a crime, but fulfilling her responsibility as a citizen. She felt that she was practicing her given right guaranteed by the Constitution. Anthony sees the laws as a mockery because all citizens are equal and granted equal rights, but women do not get to receive them. The equality is spoken of but not given. She is enraged that women are not allowed to vote because they are citizens and it is unjust to only give our guaranteed rights to one gender. Anthony states " To them this government is not a democracy. It is not a republic. It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex". She expresses that she feels the government is no longer just and is not a democracy. It is a government that favors one sex and rejects the rights to the other. Susan B. Anthony is encouraging women to carry out their rights and fight for the ones not being given.
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