During Sojourner Truth's famous 1851 speech at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, she used the phrase “Ain't I a Woman?” four times to emphasize the need to fight for equal rights for African American women.Feb 14, 2020
Answer: She states that she has worked hard in the fields and no man ever helped her. She also had most of her children sold into slavery. What was the purpose of this speech? Truth was trying to persuade people that women, black or white, should be treated as equal to men.
