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to them this government has no just powers derived from the consent of the governed. to them this government is not a democracy. it is not a republic. 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. an oligarchy of learning, where the educated govern the ignorant, or even an oligarchy of race, where the saxon rules the african, might be endured; but 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. webster, worcester, and bouvier all define a citizen to be a person in the united states, entitled to vote and hold office. 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. think question 3 why does anthony believe that voting is also a womans right? use inference and examples from the text to support your answer.
Anthony believes voting is a woman's right as she argues that the government has no just powers derived from the consent of the governed, and women are citizens who should have the same rights as men to vote and hold office, just like how laws discriminating against Negroes are void. The text also mentions that being a citizen should mean having the right to vote, and women are citizens.
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Anthony believes voting is a woman's right because she views women as citizens equal to men in the eyes of the law and the government's legitimacy depends on the consent of all its citizens, including women. She also references the voiding of discriminatory laws against Negroes as an example of unjust laws being overturned, suggesting similar unjust laws denying women the vote should be as well.