In 1851, Sojourner Truth spoke at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio concerning the status of women and blacks in society. Truth speaks about how there are men who seek to aid woman out of carriages and over ditches, but no one has ever helped her, revealing the discrimination she faces due to her skin color. She asks repeatedly throughout her speech, "Ain't I a woman?", addressing the attack of minorities. She is not seen as a woman, but rather a subordinate race. She goes on to say how she can plough, plant, and gather as much as a man, and work and eat as much as a man. She even claims she can be whipped as much as a man, all demonstrating her clear belief that she should be seen as an equal to man, if not higher because of her child-bearing and suffering. She concludes with the statement that Christ came from God and a woman, not a man. She believes that women are extremely powerful and influential and that is about time they earn some rights.
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