According to an article called “Truth, Sojourner (c. 1797-1883)” in the Student Resource Center – Gold, Sojourner gave a speech called “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Akron Women’s Rights Convention in 1850. It was called the “most significant expressions of the combined abolitionist and women’s rights movement”. Sojourner was a women’s rights activist and in her speech she says, “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place, and ain't I a woman?” Sojourner mainly spoke to white men about blacks and black women’s rights. Sojourner was truly the most influential American in history.
Siddali, Silvana. "Truth, Sojourner (1797-1883)." Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale, 1997. Web. 25 Feb. 2010.
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