Ain’t I a Woman?

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Sojourner Truth

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Ain’t I a Woman? Quotes

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter.

Related Characters: Sojourner Truth (speaker)
Page Number: 1
Explanation and Analysis:

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 ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place!

Related Characters: Sojourner Truth (speaker)
Page Number: 1
Explanation and Analysis:

And ain't I a woman?

Related Characters: Sojourner Truth (speaker)
Page Number: 1
Explanation and Analysis:

I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

Related Characters: Sojourner Truth (speaker)
Related Symbols: The Thirteen Children
Page Number: 1
Explanation and Analysis:

Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights its men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.

Related Characters: Sojourner Truth (speaker), The Little Man in Black, Jesus Christ
Page Number: 2
Explanation and Analysis:

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!

Related Characters: Sojourner Truth (speaker), Eve
Page Number: 2
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