Frederick Douglass says that woman is "herself," and
that is the basis of the suffrage movement. Which
statement would best support his point of view?
Read the passage carefully.
The fundamental proposition of the woman suffrage
movement is scarcely less simple than that of the anti-
slavery movement. It assumes that woman is herself.
That she belongs to herself, just as fully as man belongs
to himself-that she is a person and has all the attributes
of personality that can be claimed by man, and that her
rights of person are equal in all respects to those of man.
She has the same number of senses that distinguish man,
and is like man a subject of human government, capable
of understanding, obeying and being affected by law.
-Speech on the emancipation of women,
Frederick Douglass
Women have fewer rights than men.
Men are more likely than women to obey laws.
Both women and men are capable of many things.
Unlike men, women are unable to understand the
laws.
Answer “C”
