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Sojourner Truth was slated to appear on the $10 bill. In 2016, the U.S. Treasury announced it would unveil new currency designs in 2020 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment ...
The New York State Archives has uncovered nearly 200-year-old court records detailing abolitionist Sojourner Truth’s battle for her enslaved son’s freedom.
Portrait of American abolitionist and feminist Sojourner Truth (1797 - 1883), a former slave who advocated emancipation, c. 1880. Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...
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.
Because Truth could not read or write, she dictated her autobiography, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth, in 1850. After the book published, she spoke at a woman's rights conference where she gave ...
The Google Doodle today, February 1st, features abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth. Click here to learn more about her.
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 ...
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.
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 ...