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In this passage, Sojourner Truth invokes the oft-maligned biblical figure, Eve, to strengthen her own argument about the fractures and faults within the movement for women’s rights.
In this passage, Truth invokes the biblical story of Adam and Eve from the Book of Genesis, referring to Eve as “the first woman God ever made.” In Christianity—especially in the sermons delivered by male clergymen during Truth’s era—Eve is often used as a figure marked by original sin and wickedness. Eve went against God’s word (eating the forbidden fruit and thus introducing original sin into the world), and for millennia, she has…