Question

Which excerpt from Eighty Years and More supports the theme that everyone deserves equality in the eyes of the law?

Answer 1

Answer:

The best answer to the question: Which excerpt from "Eighty Years and More" supports the theme that everyone deserves equality in the eyes of the law, would be, D: Tell them all you have seen in this office- the sufferings of these Scotch women, robbed of their inheriitance and left dependent on their unworthy sons..."

Explanation:

"Eighty Years and More, Reminiscenses 1815 - 1897" by Elizabeth Cady Stanton is an autobigraphical narration writen by Stanton on her own life and experiences as a woman, a mother, a wife, a householder and a fighter for the rights of women. Although the author herself establishes that Eighty Years  does not have the same intent as her best known work "The History of Woman Suffrage", she also mentions facts of her own life that fed her intention to push through the concepts and ideals of the women´s liberation movement. From the excerpts shown here in the list, number four would be the best one to show how Stanton felt about women´s rights, and how these should have been placed at the same level as those of men. Calling upon the suffering of Scottish women, who were totally dependent on their sons, and therefore on men, even if they were independent in their own right, shows how strongly Stanton believed that everyone should be held equal when it came to applying the law. Those Scottish women should have been given their right over their inheritance instead of it being passed on to their sons, just because they were men.

Answer 2

[T]ell them all you have seen in this office—the sufferings of these Scotch women, robbed of their inheritance and left dependent on their unworthy sons . . .

This excerpt from Eighty Years and More supports the theme that everyone deserves equality in the eyes of the law because since we are trying to prove that everyone deserves equality in the eyes of the law, we need to choose an excerpt that proves this. Option D proves this because it states that the law is telling the women to share their sufefering, meaning that they are trying to bring justice to these women, which leads to them believing everyone deserves a quality.