“AIN'T I A WOMEN?” (Copyright 2004)
http://www.crmvet.org/poetry/ftruth.htm
“Ain’t A Women” was write by Sojourner Truth to share her belief that woman were as equal as men. Her poem questions the idea that “if all the women are black and all the blacks are men” where does the black woman land. Throughout her poem Sojourner compares herself to both a man and an upper class women that both have different privileges than the ones that she receives.
Painter , Nell. Sojourner Truth A Life A Symbol.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company,Inc, 1996.
This Sojourner Truth biography talks about Truths experiences as a slave and her journey to become a free woman. The biography a numinous amount of information about Sojourner's life and the challenges as well as amazing experiences she encountered through the journey. Such as that her birth was not documented and the year is only assumed 1779 and her birth name was Isabella.
Fitch , Suzanne Pullon, and Roseanna M. Mandziuk. Sojourner Truth as Orator Wit, Story and Song.
Westport, Connecticut, London: GREENWOOD PRESS, 1997
This proved me with numinous examples of speeches that she deliver through out her life. It also acknowledges the fact that although Sojourner Truth didn't have the ability to read or write she was still remarkably intelligent.
Stetson, Erlene and David, Linda. Gloring in Tribulation.The Lifework of Sojourner Truth
East Lansing, Michigan State University Press, 1994
This piece of work proved me with general information of Sojourner Truths back round coming from slaver and that the promises that were made and brake by her owner to free her from slavery, thus making her a run away slave.
http://www.crmvet.org/poetry/ftruth.htm
“Ain’t A Women” was write by Sojourner Truth to share her belief that woman were as equal as men. Her poem questions the idea that “if all the women are black and all the blacks are men” where does the black woman land. Throughout her poem Sojourner compares herself to both a man and an upper class women that both have different privileges than the ones that she receives.
Painter , Nell. Sojourner Truth A Life A Symbol.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company,Inc, 1996.
This Sojourner Truth biography talks about Truths experiences as a slave and her journey to become a free woman. The biography a numinous amount of information about Sojourner's life and the challenges as well as amazing experiences she encountered through the journey. Such as that her birth was not documented and the year is only assumed 1779 and her birth name was Isabella.
Fitch , Suzanne Pullon, and Roseanna M. Mandziuk. Sojourner Truth as Orator Wit, Story and Song.
Westport, Connecticut, London: GREENWOOD PRESS, 1997
This proved me with numinous examples of speeches that she deliver through out her life. It also acknowledges the fact that although Sojourner Truth didn't have the ability to read or write she was still remarkably intelligent.
Stetson, Erlene and David, Linda. Gloring in Tribulation.The Lifework of Sojourner Truth
East Lansing, Michigan State University Press, 1994
This piece of work proved me with general information of Sojourner Truths back round coming from slaver and that the promises that were made and brake by her owner to free her from slavery, thus making her a run away slave.