Primary Sources- Famous Speeches: Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?"

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Read the passage Famous Speeches: Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?"  Then answer the questions below.

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Read the passage Famous Speeches: Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?"  Then answer the questions below.

Last updated about 1 year ago

3 questions

Note from the author:

Read the passage Famous Speeches: Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?"  Then answer the questions below.

Instructions

Read the passage Famous Speeches: Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?"  Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

Why was Sojourner Truth making the statement "Ain't I a woman"?

She wanted the audience to recognize how Black women were excluded from discussions about gender equality.

She was reminding the audience that she was still a woman even though she had done hard labor like some men. 

She was restating this fact so the audience would realize that men and women are equal. 

She was trying to remind the audience that many women are overlooked based on their education at the time. 

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Question 2

children's rights

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Question 3

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Question 1

She wanted the audience to recognize how Black women were excluded from discussions about gender equality.

She was reminding the audience that she was still a woman even though she had done hard labor like some men. 

She was restating this fact so the audience would realize that men and women are equal. 

She was trying to remind the audience that many women are overlooked based on their education at the time. 

Question 2

children's rights

secession 

abolition

women's suffrage

prohibition of alcohol

Question 3

secession 

abolition

women's suffrage

prohibition of alcohol

Christ was not a woman

Arguments for women's rights

Arguments against women's rights