African American abolitionist and women's right advocate Sojourner Truth delivered her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech on this day in history, May 29, 1851, in Akron, Ohio.

The site where abolitionist Sojourner Truth delivered her iconic “Ain’t I a Woman? in 1851 now has a statue and plaza dedicated in her honor.. Hundreds gathered in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday to ...

A statue was dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot in Akron, Ohio, where she gave the iconic 1851 speech known as “Ain’t I a Woman?" ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave ...

Sojourner Truth never said the phrase “Aint I a Woman?” in her famous women’s rights speech. ... Sojourner Truth was an outspoken abolitionist and women’s rights activist in the 19th century.

Sojourner Truth has long been a symbol of a strong Black woman: a straight-talking, formerly enslaved woman who remade herself as an ardent abolitionist and women’s rights activist, a preacher ...