Sojourner Truth delivered her famous speech in Ohio. She first says that with so much going on there had to be something wrong, and she said that it must have to do with the African Americans in the south and the women in the north, two oppressed groups, talking about their rights. One forceful point that she states is that men always say that women should be treated with good manners, but she never receives any of it. And isn't she a woman, she asks, and talks about all the hard work she has done, and how she never received anything good for it- she only received punishment.She goes on to refute the point about intellect, because everyone should be given the same rights no matter how smart, or dumb they might be.
She closes by saying that if the first woman God created, Eve, was enough to turn the world upside down, then all the women in the world were strong enough to turn the world right side up again, and the men could not stop them.
She closes by saying that if the first woman God created, Eve, was enough to turn the world upside down, then all the women in the world were strong enough to turn the world right side up again, and the men could not stop them.
Susan B. Anthony can be related to Sojourner Truth because they were both very influential figures in the fight for women's rights and equality. Truth gave her widely recognized speech which helped further the movement, and Susan B Anthony did things such as organizing conferences.
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