Sojourner Truth's real 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech was nothing like the famous one we all read
For generations, students have read the extemporaneous speech Sojourner Truth gave at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851, known widely as “Ain’t I a Woman?” As a formerly enslaved Black woman speaking out against slavery and for women’s rights, Truth made some powerful points in her speech—except the speech most of us read is … Read more