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  1. Sojourner Truth asks "Ain't I a Woman?"
    date 1850 to 1860map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Ain't I a Woman?, Anti-Slavery Act, Sojourner Truth, Slavery

    In 1851, Sojourner Truth stood in front of the Women's Convention in Ohio, looking over the numerous white faces, and asked the crowd “Ain’t I a woman?”. In the speech that followed, Truth challenged the idea that men should treat all women the same, “That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody...