2. Refers back to US Constitution to begin speech and back up the posed argument
- "Exercised rights as a citizen"
- "Did no crime"
- "Beyond the power of any state to deny"

3. Connects her main argument to source used in speech
- "It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union"

5. The voting discrimination against women was comparable to a "hateful aristocracy" SBA argues it is comparable/worse than any oligarchy of wealth or learning

7. SBA questions authority and their definition of a citizen
- Are women persons??
- Answers own question (Duh, they are)
- Being people, they are citizens and therefore have a right to vote

1. Introduces the conflict which stood as a call to action: Susan B. Anthony was arrested/ charged a fee for casting an illegal vote in 1872

4. SBA argues that the deprivation of the right to vote based on gender is "a violation of the supreme law of the land"

6. SBA suggests that this discrimination causes every home in the nation to carry dissension, discord, and rebellion