can somebody please help me paraphrase this please ??
For any state to make sex a qualification that must ever result in the disfranchisement of one entire half of the people, is to pass a bill of attainder, or, an ex post facto law, and is therefore a violation of the supreme law of the land. By it the blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity. 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.
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Paraphase? When Susan gave this speech, Negro Slaves had been freed, JimCrow laws on voting were not enacted yet, it was the land of the free, except for women. Susan didn't like that.
Liberal,left-wing commie, probably. Today, in Texas, she probably would face hard jail time.
So we will be happy to critique your parapharase this. Her lecture to the Judge in her trial at sentencing is much more interesting than this. Try parapharsing it, it is like describing a hot potato in cool terms
Can someone please assist me with rephrasing this passage?
To claim that sex is a requirement for disfranchisement, meaning the denial of voting rights, is a violation of the fundamental laws of the land. This effectively denies women and their future generations the blessings of liberty. In the eyes of women, this government does not possess legitimate authority granted by the consent of the governed. This government cannot be considered a true democracy or republic; rather, it is an unjust aristocracy and odious oligarchy based on gender. It is the most abhorrent form of rule ever established globally, as it allows the wealthy to control the poor, the educated to govern the ignorant, and the dominant race to rule over others. While an oligarchy based on wealth, knowledge, or race might be tolerated, this oligarchy of gender, which gives fathers, brothers, husbands, and sons power over mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters within every household, causes discord, division, and rebellion in every home across the nation.
According to Webster, Worcester, and Bouvier, a citizen is defined as a person who is entitled to vote and hold office in the United States.
The only question that remains to be settled is whether women are considered persons. I highly doubt that any of our opponents would dare to argue otherwise. So, considering women as persons, it follows that they are citizens as well. No state has the authority to pass a law or enforce an existing law that limits or takes away their rights and privileges. Consequently, any form of discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the various states is currently invalid, just as any discrimination against African Americans is deemed invalid.