Sojourner Truth's Ain T I A Woman

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In Sojourner Truth’s speech, “Ain’t I A Woman,” she speaks of women and African Americans deserving to have equal rights to men. The speech was delivered in 1851 at a convention in Akron, Ohio. Truth’s goal during the speech was to make people doubt what they previously believed. For them to join her outlook about equal rights. Starting off, Ms. Truth talks about how women can do as much as men can. When a man spoke before she went to the podium, he said that women needed to be helped into carriages, and over ditches, and have a nice place everywhere. Consequently, Truth says, “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!” What the man meant is that he, along with other men, believe women to

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