Sojourner Truth

Americas

At the Ohio Women's Rights Convention, former enslaved woman Sojourner Truth delivers an electrifying address tying abolitionism to women's rights. "If the f…

• 1851 CE

  "Ain't I a Woman?" — Sojourner Truth

  At the Ohio Women's Rights Convention, former enslaved woman Sojourner Truth delivers an electrifying address tying abolitionism to women's rights. "If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, all alone, these women ought to be able to turn it back."