jan 1, 1851 - 1851 - Sojourner Truth's speech "Ain't I A Woman" unified her pursuits of African American and women's rights. Often, African American women were sidelined from the broader conversation on women's rights, and Truth sought to correct that. She argued that she should not only be regarded as African American but also as a women. Her speech would grant a new dimension to the women's rights and suffrage movements, a dimension that would at various times be upheld and removed.
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