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Sojourner Truth was the most prominent African American woman to participate in both the abolition of slavery and women&#;s rights movements in the 19th century.
Her activity just before and during the Civil War earned an invitation to meet President Abraham Lincoln in
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Truth never learned to read or write and was considered poor and uneducated.
Sojourner truth childrens biography on abraham
Yet she overcame educational obstacles and became famous for her many public speeches related to abolition and women’s rights including her “Ain’t I a Woman” speech given at the at the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
The message of the speech was the hardships women endured for being considered unequal to men. To help support herself she also sold photographs of herself as well as her book, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, written by a ghostwriter since she was illitera