Ain’t I a Woman?
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Ain’t I a Woman?

by Sojourner Truth
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  • Racism in the Women’s Rights Movement Theme Icon
    Racism in the Women’s Rights Movement
  • Men, Paternalism, and Hypocrisy Theme Icon
    Men, Paternalism, and Hypocrisy
  • Christianity as an Excuse for Oppression Theme Icon
    Christianity as an Excuse for Oppression
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  • Sojourner Truth
  • The Little Man in Black
  • Jesus Christ
  • Eve
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  • Ohio Women’s Rights Convention of 1851
  • Seneca Falls Convention
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Ohio Women’s Rights Convention of 1851

The “Woman’s Rights Convention” held in Akron, Ohio in 1851 took place just a few years after the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, which many consider to be the landmark convention on women’s rights… read analysis of Ohio Women’s Rights Convention of 1851

Seneca Falls Convention

The Seneca Falls Convention, held in July 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, was the world’s first women’s rights convention. read analysis of Seneca Falls Convention
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