Friends and fellow citizens: i stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. it shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus doing, i not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen's rights, guaranteed to me and all united states citizens by the national constitution, beyond the power of any state to deny. susan b. anthony, "speech after being convicted of voting" which phrase most clearly explains the purpose of susan b. anthony's tone in this passage? a. to allow her audience to get comfortable with the idea that a woman is speaking about such a controversial topic b. to show that she is angry about being denied the right to vote and wants her audience to change the laws c. to provide a good role model for women in the audience who are secretly supporting her ideas about suffrage d. to make sure she comes across as being informed on the issue at hand so that audiences hostile to her ideas will continue to listen