Ain T I A Wom An Analysis Of Speech By Sojourner Truth
Ain't I a Woman?
An Analysis of speech by Sojourner Truth
Laurelle Stephens
Com.2204, Semester 2
Dr. Showell
April 9, 2007
Being a Woman is powerful. Being an African-American woman is even more powerful Ain't I a Woman is a speech by Sojourner Truth. This speech is very in lighting to many women of color. For women of color to be noticed is something Sojourner thought was important. Women's and Negros rights is something positive and that should be looked upon and that's how Sojourner saw it. To give a brief history about the person who wrote the speech I was assigned. Isabella Baumfree was born in 1797, in Ulster County, New York. Isabella was one out of thirteen children of Elizabeth and James Baumfree. Isabella was sold to slavery …show more content…
at first at the age of nine and many times again after that. Most people know Isabella as Sojourner Truth which she changed on June 1, 1843. Sojourner was not only an abolitionist but a writer also who wanted to be heard and wanted things to be right in this society. Later in 1854, Sojourner gave her famous speech Ain't I a Woman at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio in the year 1851. Later after that Sojourner had joined a couple of groups that believed in abolition, non-violence and women's rights. Sojourner has been honored in many ways. There is a memorial stone in the Stone History Tower in Movement Park, in downtown Battle Creek, which was received in 1935. Also Sojourner is in the National Woman's Hall of fame in Seneca Falls, New York. This is just to name a few. To be equally compared to others is the point that Sojourner wanted to make in the speech Aint I a Woman?
Sojourner spoke these words, "I could work and eat as much as a man-when I can get it and bare the lash as well", those words in her speech proves that she feels that if she can do that same things as a man or others then she should be looked down upon. Sojourner feels that just because she is a woman she is unable to do certain things or even the simple fact that because she is a woman of color she isn't capable of what woman do. She feels the work she does isn't just the same but what she accomplishes could be even better. Sojourner basically wants people to realize what she does. Sojourner felt that men should let woman do what they are capable of doing and to stop looking down upon them. Sojourner quoted in her speech, "If the first woman of God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, then men better let them." Sojourner was obliged to people to ear her speech and she wanted to make sure that the people knew and understood what she was
saying. The purpose of this speech is to reach out and open to the people with closed ears. To reach out to people so they will realize that if I have the same work ethics as you don't look at me as different but to look at me as I know what I was doing. This speech was to inform people that they need to realize that you can't underestimate someone because of their race or sex because if you were to really realize the people you underestimate will shock you with things you didn't think they could do. Sojourner's audience of this speech, I feel is for men and woman of all kinds but especially African-American woman. In conclusion, I feel that this is a very powerful speech that every one should read. This speech is the type of speech that you would want to read numerous of times. I feel that Sojourner had been going through a lot of things and wanted to simply get her point across and she waited till the right time to do so. I feel that she waited till all her anger about the negative things built up inside until she could take it any more. However she still wanted to wait till the right time to give her speech. This speech makes you want o tell others "You betta recognize cuz Ain't I a Woman?"
An Analysis of speech by Sojourner Truth
Laurelle Stephens
Com.2204, Semester 2
Dr. Showell
April 9, 2007
Being a Woman is powerful. Being an African-American woman is even more powerful Ain't I a Woman is a speech by Sojourner Truth. This speech is very in lighting to many women of color. For women of color to be noticed is something Sojourner thought was important. Women's and Negros rights is something positive and that should be looked upon and that's how Sojourner saw it. To give a brief history about the person who wrote the speech I was assigned. Isabella Baumfree was born in 1797, in Ulster County, New York. Isabella was one out of thirteen children of Elizabeth and James Baumfree. Isabella was sold to slavery …show more content…
at first at the age of nine and many times again after that. Most people know Isabella as Sojourner Truth which she changed on June 1, 1843. Sojourner was not only an abolitionist but a writer also who wanted to be heard and wanted things to be right in this society. Later in 1854, Sojourner gave her famous speech Ain't I a Woman at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio in the year 1851. Later after that Sojourner had joined a couple of groups that believed in abolition, non-violence and women's rights. Sojourner has been honored in many ways. There is a memorial stone in the Stone History Tower in Movement Park, in downtown Battle Creek, which was received in 1935. Also Sojourner is in the National Woman's Hall of fame in Seneca Falls, New York. This is just to name a few. To be equally compared to others is the point that Sojourner wanted to make in the speech Aint I a Woman?
Sojourner spoke these words, "I could work and eat as much as a man-when I can get it and bare the lash as well", those words in her speech proves that she feels that if she can do that same things as a man or others then she should be looked down upon. Sojourner feels that just because she is a woman she is unable to do certain things or even the simple fact that because she is a woman of color she isn't capable of what woman do. She feels the work she does isn't just the same but what she accomplishes could be even better. Sojourner basically wants people to realize what she does. Sojourner felt that men should let woman do what they are capable of doing and to stop looking down upon them. Sojourner quoted in her speech, "If the first woman of God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, then men better let them." Sojourner was obliged to people to ear her speech and she wanted to make sure that the people knew and understood what she was
saying. The purpose of this speech is to reach out and open to the people with closed ears. To reach out to people so they will realize that if I have the same work ethics as you don't look at me as different but to look at me as I know what I was doing. This speech was to inform people that they need to realize that you can't underestimate someone because of their race or sex because if you were to really realize the people you underestimate will shock you with things you didn't think they could do. Sojourner's audience of this speech, I feel is for men and woman of all kinds but especially African-American woman. In conclusion, I feel that this is a very powerful speech that every one should read. This speech is the type of speech that you would want to read numerous of times. I feel that Sojourner had been going through a lot of things and wanted to simply get her point across and she waited till the right time to do so. I feel that she waited till all her anger about the negative things built up inside until she could take it any more. However she still wanted to wait till the right time to give her speech. This speech makes you want o tell others "You betta recognize cuz Ain't I a Woman?"