Ain't I a Woman?
"Ain't I A Woman?" is a speech by
Sojourner Truth, delivered in
1851 at the
Women's Convention in
Akron,
Ohio. It pointed out that, while
antebellum culture often placed white women upon a pedestal and gave them certain privileges (most notably that of not working), this attitude was not extended to black women. The speech was delivered in response to racially biased comments made by a male speaker. Sojourner Truth's criticism was not generally accepted at the convention.
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