Truth went on a lecture tour through central and western New York State with abolitionist and speaker George Thompson in 1851. Sojourner Truth gave her well-known impromptu statement on women’s rights, which became known as “Ain’t I a Woman?” during the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, in May. In her remarks, she called for all women to have equal human rights. She also talked as a former slave, fusing appeals for women’s rights with abolitionism and using her strength as a worker to support her claims for equal…
Sojourner Truth Biography: Famous Speaker of “Ain’t I a Woman?”
