What is Carrie Chapman Catt's purpose in giving this speech?

To assert that women will vote for the party that supports their cause

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To demand more women candidates on political party tickets

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To persuade lawmakers to pass a law for women's right to vote

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To rally support for women's equal representation in Congress

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Solution

The correct option is C To persuade lawmakers to pass a law for women's right to vote
Your party platforms have pledged woman suffrage. Then why not be honest, frank friends of our cause, adopt it in reality as your own, make it a party program and "fight with us"?"- this is the beginning of the passage and lets the reader know that the passage is going to be about women's right to vote and the narrator, Carrie Chapman Catt, arguing for it. Therefore, option C is the correct answer. A, B and D are incorrect as the statements these options make are not what Catt's purpose is when she is giving this speech.

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Here are some arguments in favour of the right to vote for women.

Which of these are consistent with the idea of equality? Give reasons.

(a) Women are our mothers. We shall not disrespect our mothers by denying them the right to vote.

(b) Decisions of the government affect women as well as men, therefore they also should have a say in choosing the rulers.

(d) Women constitute half of humanity. You cannot subjugate them for long by denying them the right to vote.

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