Ain't I a Woman?

Ain't I a Woman?

By Sojourner Truth

A selection of the speeches of Sojourner Truth, the abolitionist and women's rights leader, along with speeches by other nineteenth-century African American women.

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Publisher: Penguin Books
Publish Date: 06/08/2021
Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780241472361
ISBN-10: 0241472369
Language: English

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A collection of Sojourner Truth's iconic words, including her famous speech at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio A former slave and one of the most powerful orators of her time, Sojourner Truth fought for the equal rights of black women throughout her life. This selection of her impassioned speeches is accompanied by the words of other inspiring African-American female campaigners from the nineteenth century. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and upended them. Now Penguin brings you a new set of the acclaimed Great Ideas, a curated library of selections from the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

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Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) was an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Born into slavery in New York as Isabella Baumfree, she escaped with her daughter to freedom in 1826.

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