Why does Anthony read the preamble to the Constitution in her speech "Woman's Rights to the Suffrage"?

A. to emphasize that the United States was founded to secure the rights of everyone

B. to highlight that each individual state should get to decide who is allowed to vote

C. to illustrate why she does not believe in the founding documents of the United States

D. to demonstrate that both women and men were involved in writing the United States' founding documents

A. to emphasize that the United States was founded to secure the rights of everyone

Explanation:

The purpose of this speech is to prove that women are citizens, and should be granted the right to vote. The purpose is also that Susan B. Anthony did not commit a crime by voting, because she was exercising her citizen's rights.

Susan B. Anthony's speech on "The Equal Right of All Citizens to the Ballot" marked a pivotal point in the woman's suffrage movement—whether women already had the right to vote or whether a constitutional amendment was needed to give it.