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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.
Read the passage
Famous Speeches: Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?"
Then answer the questions below.
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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.
Which cause can the reader infer the author supported? Select
two
answers.
children's rights
secession
abolition
women's suffrage
prohibition of alcohol
Drag each phrase into the correct box to show if it was an argument for or against women's rights.
women are helpless and need of support
Christ came from a woman
Many women have accomplished much without the assistance of men
women lack intellect
Christ was not a woman
rights should not be given based on intellect
Arguments for women's rights
Arguments against women's rights