Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr. were both activists for equality, justice, and civil liberties. Susan B. Anthony fought for women’s right to vote and was arrested in the process but her determination was rewarded when the fifteenth amendment was passed after her battle in court. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for the equality of African-Americans and was, like Susan B. Anthony, arrested in the process. He too was successful but he did not get to appreciate his work for he was killed before all segregation was outlawed.

In 1873, Susan B. Anthony wrote a speech entitled “Women’s Right to Vote” in response to being arrested in the election of 1872 for attempting to register for voting. She states that the primary issue is should women have the legal right to vote. She concludes that according to The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution women, just like white men and black men should have the lawful right to vote. One reason given by Susan B. Anthony for her argument that women should have the right to vote is stated to be “…how can the “consent of the governed” be given, if the right to vote is denied? The women dissatisfied as they are with this form of government, that enforces taxation without representation, that compels them to obey laws to which they have never given their consent, that imprisons or hangs them without a trial by a jury of their peers, and that robs them of the custody of their own persons, wages, and children.” Susan B. Anthony says that why should women obey a government that is so cruel and unruly to women when women have no say in how this government was chosen. The evidence Susan Anthony uses to support her reason comes from the Declaration of Independence, which states “All men are created equal, and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights…To secure these, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Whic

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