Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)

"Ain't I a woman?"

Sojourner Truth, née Isabella Baumfree, was born a slave in New York, in 1797. After being freed she changed her name to Sojourner Truth and became a traveling preacher, speaking out for human rights in the American Midwest and the East.

At an Ohio women's rights convention in 1850, she delivered her famous impassioned speech, "Ain't I A Woman" asserting that women deserved the same rights as men. With the power of personal testimony, Sojourner Truth made vital contributions to the fight for racial and gender equality.
© Getty Images
Articles:
Sojourner Truth
Source:
Sojourner Truth
Copyright:
Great Neck Publishing
Accession Number:
18055124
Lexile:
960
Database(s):
History Reference Center
And Ain't I a Woman?
Source:
Newsweek, 11/3/2003, Vol. 142 Issue 18, p58-58
Accession Number:
11195578
Lexile:
1140
Database(s):
MAS Ultra-School Edition, Middle Search Plus
Sojourner Truth
Source:
Writing, Apr/May2004, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p24-25
Accession Number:
12536242
Lexile:
920
Database(s):
Middle Search Plus