Susan Anthony was born in Massachusetts in 1820 and died in Rochester, N.Y., in 1906. In the 1850s, she saw many problems in her country and wanted to do something about them. One of these problems was that women did not have the right to vote in the United States. Susan Anthony and many others felt that women and men should have equal rights. In 1869 she helped start the National Women s Association. This group worked hard to get women the right to vote in the United States. In 1869, the state of Wyoming gave women the right to vote. Some other states also allowed women to vote. But Susan Anthony and the National American Women s Association wanted all women to have the right to vote. They worked to add this to the Constitution of the United States. Finally, in 1920, fourteen years after Susan Anthony s death, an article was added to the Constitution. It gave all American women the right to vote.
Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. What did Susan Anthony think about her country? 12. Who among the American women had the right to vote before 1920? 13. When did all women finally get the right to vote in the United States? 14. What do we learn about Susan Anthony from the passage?
11. A) It had many problems. B) It was the most democratic country in the world. C) It was fair to women. D) It had some minor problems to solve.
12. A) The women of some states. B) The women in the state of Wyoming only. C) The members of the National Women s Association. D) The women in the state of Massachusetts only.
13. A) At the very beginning of the 20th century. B) At the end of the 19th century. C) After Susan Anthony s death. D) Just before Susan Anthony s death.
14. A) She worked on the draft of the American Constitution. B) She was the chairman of the National Women s Association. C) She was born in New York and died in Massachusetts. D) She was an activist in the women s movement for equal rights.