WILL BE MARKED THE BRAINLIEST FOR CORRECT ANSWER

The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons? I scarcely believe any of our opponents will have the hardihood to say they are not. Being persons, then, women are citizens, and no State has a right to make any new law, or to enforce any old law, which shall abridge their privileges or immunities. Hence, every discrimination against women in the constitutions and laws of the several States is today null and void, precisely as is every one against negroes. Susan B. Anthony, "Speech After Being Convicted of Voting"

Why does Susan B. Anthony most likely use a rhetorical question in this passage?

A.To have the audience refocus on the central point of her argument
B.To provide the audience with the opposition's viewpoint
C.To give the audience a chance to answer the question
D.To encourage the audience to listen to her evidence

Susan B. Anthony, an American women's rights activist, dedicated her life to ethnic, gender, and educational equality. One of the most famous women in American history, she played a leading role in the women's voice movement, the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, is named in her honor. Susan B. Anthony was a leader who is best recognized for her support for women's voting rights and as an ancestor of the Suffrage movement. She was also active in the Temperance and Abolitionist movements.