Question

which excerpt from susan b. anthonys speech on womens right to vote is an example of the writer establishing ethos?
\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.\
\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.\
\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.\
\i not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizens rights, guaranteed to me and all united states citizens by the national constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny.\

Explanation:

Ethos is an appeal to ethics. In Susan B. Anthony's speech, she uses her status as a citizen and references the Constitution to establish her credibility and moral - standing. She argues that as a citizen, she has the right to vote and that the government's denial of women's voting rights is unjust. By stating she has committed no crime and is simply exercising her citizen's rights, she builds an ethical argument.

Answer:

She uses her status as a citizen and references to the Constitution to establish ethos.