The speech is a primary source. Primary sources are original materials from the time period being studied, such as speeches, letters, and documents. Susan B. Anthony's speech from 1873 is an original expression of her views on women's rights and citizenship.
Study the excerpt from an 1873 speech given by Susan B. Anthony.
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. 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. 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.
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