"On Women's Right to Vote" by Susan B. Anthony: List 2

Susan B. Anthony was arrested when she illegally voted in the 1872 presidential election. She delivered this argument for women's suffrage in 1873. Read the full text here.

This list covers vocabulary from the fifth paragraph through the end of the speech.
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  1. derive
    come from
    To them this government has no just powers derived from the consent of the governed.
  2. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
    It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor.
  3. aristocracy
    the most powerful members of a society
    It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor.
  4. oligarchy
    a political system governed by a few people
    It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor.
  5. sovereign
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
    ...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.
  6. subject
    a person who owes allegiance to a nation
    ...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.
  7. dissension
    disagreement among those expected to cooperate
    ...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.
  8. discord
    lack of agreement or harmony
    ...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.
  9. hardihood
    the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
    The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? And I hardly believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not.
  10. abridge
    lessen, diminish, or curtail
    Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any law, or to enforce any old law, that shall abridge their privileges or immunities.
  11. immunity
    an act exempting someone
    Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has a right to make any law, or to enforce any old law, that shall abridge their privileges or immunities.
  12. discrimination
    unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice
    Hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void, precisely as is every one against Negroes.
  13. void
    lacking any legal or binding force
    Hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several states is today null and void, precisely as is every one against Negroes.
Created on Tue Jun 03 12:23:18 EDT 2025 (updated Tue Jun 03 12:23:35 EDT 2025)

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