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21. Sojourner stood up in an all white church and said those words

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 05:24 PM

Sep 2014

It just happened that one of the men there wrote it down as she was saying it. We came very close to never knowing these words.

She used to walk into white people's churches and stand in front of the preachers until they allowed her to speak. She was an abolitionist (a freed slave herself) who also renamed herself Soujourner Truth. To modern women she is also considered a feminist.

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"Ain't I a woman?" [View all] BainsBane Sep 2014 OP

K/R, off to the greatest! NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

Wow just wow, thank you for posting this, between tears and laughter one comes away with AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #2

I have read that speech many times BainsBane Sep 2014 #6

I had never heard it and I can do nothing but agree Ms Washington was powerful!!! AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #7

Nicely done leftstreet Sep 2014 #3

Recced cwydro Sep 2014 #4

Truth demonstrates that women are not weaker BainsBane Sep 2014 #5

Loved reading those words, I have a feeling I have missed out earlier in life but not being more AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #8

Here is her narative. Your local library should have it. BainsBane Sep 2014 #9

Thank you, I'm going to it to book mark the site for later reading, my house will too soon be AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #11

Kick & recommended. William769 Sep 2014 #10

That was a treat. KitSileya Sep 2014 #12

She could have been talking about today BainsBane Sep 2014 #13

That is very true. KitSileya Sep 2014 #14

I think there is another thread providing more fruitful material BainsBane Sep 2014 #15

Do you mean the thread on Whisp? KitSileya Sep 2014 #16

No, that is the worst BainsBane Sep 2014 #17

K & R lovemydog Sep 2014 #18

"Ain't you mean not to let me have my little half cup?" SunSeeker Sep 2014 #19

and now that they have begun to have those opportunities BainsBane Sep 2014 #24

Yes, as if life is a zero sum game. nt SunSeeker Sep 2014 #26

wow, that was good! secondwind Sep 2014 #20

Sojourner stood up in an all white church and said those words lunatica Sep 2014 #21

That particular version of the speech was at a gathering of feminists BainsBane Sep 2014 #22

K&R! Bravo! smirkymonkey Sep 2014 #23

Sufrommich found it BainsBane Sep 2014 #38

I have Truth in my personal library, chervilant Sep 2014 #25

That is a wonderful speech. So Much Truth--from Sojourner Truth. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #27

When I read the subject line I cntrygrl Sep 2014 #28

very cool! BainsBane Sep 2014 #31

It is a terrific speech, and should be repeated often, however... Moonwalk Sep 2014 #29

I wish I could disagree BainsBane Sep 2014 #30

I taught that speech to h.s. juniors for decades. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #32

Cool. Under which subject? BainsBane Sep 2014 #33

English, but I can't recall if it was "Black Literature" or a general Am. Lit. anthology. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #36

Sounds like a lot of fun BainsBane Sep 2014 #37

Here is the text of the speech BainsBane Sep 2014 #34

Truth's message is also instructive for those who deny others are "real women" BainsBane Sep 2014 #35

You should make this an Op, that was as powerful to me as Ain't I A Woman! AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #39

Yes, and unfortunately BainsBane Sep 2014 #45

I hate when people pass historical fiction off as truth....this is the 1863 rewrite msanthrope Sep 2014 #40

The text of the speech is posted at Fordham University BainsBane Sep 2014 #41

I read all that myself earlier but honestly it does not take away from the message nor from AuntPatsy Sep 2014 #42

BB thank you for posting this rbrnmw Sep 2014 #43

I'm glad you liked it BainsBane Sep 2014 #44