“If your [newspaper] columns are open to the women of Seneca county, we throw down the glove to any one who will meet us, in fair argument, on the great question of Woman’s Rights. Depend upon it, this soon will be the question of the day. All other reforms, however important they may be, cannot so deeply affect the interests of humanity as this one. Let it [this challenge] therefore be fairly and candidly met. . . . “We have recently had the pleasure of listening to a sermon on this subject, and we feel truly grateful that the pulpit is, at length, calling public attention to this important question. In the course of this sermon the Bible argument was touched upon. We hope it may yet be gone into more fully: for the Bible is the great Charter of human rights when it is taken in its true spiritual meaning; though its great, immortal, life-giving truths can be perverted by narrow, bigoted, sectarian teachers so as to favor all kinds of oppression, and to degrade and crush humanity itself.” Using the excerpt, answer (a), (b), and (c). Briefly describe ONE purpose of the excerpt. Briefly explain ONE audience of the excerpt. Briefly explain ONE historical development illustrated by the excerpt.

“If your [newspaper] columns are open to the women of Seneca county, we throw down the glove to any one who will meet us, in fair argument, on the great question of Woman’s Rights. Depend upon it, this soon will be the question of the day. All other reforms, however important they may be, cannot so deeply affect the interests of humanity as this one. Let it [this challenge] therefore be fairly and candidly met. . . . “We have recently had the pleasure of listening to a sermon on this subject, and we feel truly grateful that the pulpit is, at length, calling public attention to this important question. In the course of this sermon the Bible argument was touched upon. We hope it may yet be gone into more fully: for the Bible is the great Charter of human rights when it is taken in its true spiritual meaning; though its great, immortal, life-giving truths can be perverted by narrow, bigoted, sectarian teachers so as to favor all kinds of oppression, and to degrade and crush humanity itself.” Using the excerpt, answer (a), (b), and (c). Briefly describe ONE purpose of the excerpt. Briefly explain ONE audience of the excerpt. Briefly explain ONE historical development illustrated by the excerpt.