"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 helps me any best place — And ain’t
I a woman?
“Look at me! Look at my arm. I have plowed, I have planted
and I have gathered into barns. And no man could head me —
And ain’t I a woman?
“I could work as much, and eat as much as man — when
I could get it — and bear the lash as well! —And
ain’t I a woman?
“I have borne children and seen most of them sold into slavery,
and when I cried out with a mother’s grief, none but Jesus
heard me — And ain’t I a woman?”
—SOJOURNER TRUTH, an escaped slave who dedicated
her life to fighting against slavery and racism and for women’s
rights. This quote is from her speech at the 1851 Women’s
Rights Convention.
THIS IS THE STORY OF THE 'AIN'T I A WOMAN' CAMPAIGN...
