Women’s Right to Vote
苏珊·布朗内尔·安东尼 / Susan B. Anthony
苏珊·布朗内尔·安东尼（1820—1906），生于马萨诸塞州，曾经做过小学教师。身为一个独身妇女，她强烈地意识到妇女需要政治和经济上的独立。1851年，她遇到当时女权主义运动的另一领袖伊利莎白·凯蒂·斯坦顿，她们成了工作中的伙伴，终身保持着这一关系，而她们的合作关系决定了美国女权主义运动的进程。
Ace in the Hole
Understand these new words before you read this article.
1. alleged adj. 所谓的；声称的；被断言的
2. guarantee v. 保证；担保
3. preamble n. 序文；电报报头；先兆
4. disfranchisement n. 剥夺公民权
Friends and fellow citizens，
I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election， without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in this voting， I not only committed no crime， but， instead， simply exercised my citizen’s rights， guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution， beyond the power of any state to deny.
The preamble of the Federal Constitution says，
“We， the people of the United States， in order to form a more perfect union， establish justice， insure domestic tranquillity， 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.”
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. And we formed it， not to give the blessings of liberty， but to secure them； not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity， but to the whole people—women as well as men. And it is a 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—the ballot.