1850: The autobiography of abolitionist Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), formerly an enslaved woman and originally Isabella Van Wagener. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images) Truth, a former slave and one of ...

Sojourner Truth was an outspoken abolitionist and women’s rights activist in the 19th century. In 1851, Truth delivered what is now recognized as one of the most famous women's rights speeches in ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The facts of Sojourner Truth’s life are inspiring: Born into slavery in the late 1790s, she became an influential abolitionist and Pentecostal ...

More than a century and a half ago, Sojourner Truth stood before a crowd of White women and asked, “Ain’t I a woman?”. It’s a ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an ...

The site where abolitionist Sojourner Truth delivered her iconic “Ain’t I a Woman? in 1851 now has a statue and plaza dedicated in her honor. Hundreds gathered in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday to unveil ...

Sojourner Truth was a women's rights advocate known best for her famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?" But Truth never actually said these words. In fact, much of the Truth we know…is fiction. Depictions ...

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Akron's Sojourner Truth Project and Legacy Plaza has made its way into the national spotlight as a project that highlights Women's History Month, a commemoration held in March every year. “We were ...

In the world of American theater, it’s difficult to imagine more dramatically fertile subject matter than our history of slavery. It is terrifying even in theory, but Americans can’t think about it ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared Tuesday, Nov. 26, “Sojourner Truth Day” in New York, signing new legislation to honor the legacy of the Ulster County-born abolitionist and ...

“I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me,” a quote by Truth reads on a pillar of the monument AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to ...