The only question left to be settled now is: are women persons? i scarcely 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 new law, or to enforce any old law, which 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. susan b. anthony, "speech after being convicted of voting" how does the use of a rhetorical question in this passage most clearly strengthen susan b. anthony's speech? a. by giving the audience convincing evidence that they can't deny b. by allowing the audience to form their own opinions c. by having the audience focus on the central purpose of the speech d. by making susan b. anthony sound as if she doesn't know what she's talking about