“Ain’t I a Woman?

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 The genre:
SPEECH
Write down on your index card:

● What, to you, is a speech?

● What would you expect to find in a speech?
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by ________________.
The author was born with the name _________________________. The speaker
was born into _____________ in the year ________.

This speech was delivered in the year _______ at the ______________________

Convention in Akron, __________.

This speech focused on __________ rights, especially the rights of

_____________ ____________ women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name _________________________. The speaker was
born into _____________ in the year ________.

This speech was delivered in the year _______ at the ______________________

Convention in Akron, __________.

This speech focused on __________ rights, especially the rights of

_____________ ____________ women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
_____________ in the year ________.

This speech was delivered in the year _______ at the ______________________

Convention in Akron, __________.

This speech focused on __________ rights, especially the rights of

_____________ ____________ women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year ________.

This speech was delivered in the year _______ at the ______________________

Convention in Akron, __________.

This speech focused on __________ rights, especially the rights of

_____________ ____________ women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year 1797.

This speech was delivered in the year _______ at the ______________________

Convention in Akron, __________.

This speech focused on __________ rights, especially the rights of

_____________ ____________ women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year 1797.

This speech was delivered in the year 1851 at the ______________________

Convention in Akron, __________.

This speech focused on __________ rights, especially the rights of

_____________ ____________ women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year 1797.

This speech was delivered in the year 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in
Akron, __________.

This speech focused on __________ rights, especially the rights of

_____________ ____________ women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year 1797.

This speech was delivered in the year 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in
Akron, Ohio.

This speech focused on __________ rights, especially the rights of

_____________ ____________ women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year 1797.

This speech was delivered in the year 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in
Akron, Ohio.

This speech focused on women’s rights, especially the rights of _____________

____________ women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year 1797.

This speech was delivered in the year 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in
Akron, Ohio.

This speech focused on women’s rights, especially the rights of African

American women.

This speech was published _____ years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year 1797.

This speech was delivered in the year 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in
Akron, Ohio.

This speech focused on women’s rights, especially the rights of African

American women.

This speech was published 12 years after it was given in the year ______.
However, another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year 1797.

This speech was delivered in the year 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in
Akron, Ohio.

This speech focused on women’s rights, especially the rights of African

American women.

This speech was published 12 years after it was given in the year 1863. However,
another version of the speech was published in the magazine the
_____________________ by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
 Historical Context
The speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was written and delivered by Sojourner Truth. The
author was born with the name Isabella Baumfree. The speaker was born into
slavery in the year 1797.

This speech was delivered in the year 1851 at the Women’s Rights Convention in
Akron, Ohio.

This speech focused on women’s rights, especially the rights of African

American women.

This speech was published 12 years after it was given in the year 1863. However,
another version of the speech was published in the magazine the Anti-Slavery
Bugle by another writer, Reverend Marius Robinson.
Kerry Washington’s
Version of “Ain’t I a
Woman?”
Textbook: pg. 331-333
 Comprehension Questions
Choose ONE of the following questions and answer it on your Post-It Note!

What two reform According to Truth,

movements does what privileges do
Sojourner Truth many people think
address in this women should enjoy?
speech?
What warnings does
What hardships has Sojourner Truth give
Sojourner Truth to listeners just
experienced? before concluding the
speech?
 What two reform movements does
Sojourner Truth address in this speech?

Truth connects the

“Negroes of the South”
and the “women of the
North.”
According to Truth, what
privileges do many
people think women
should enjoy?
Truth mentions that
some men believe
women need to be
helped at all
times--”into
carriages...over ditches.”
Identify two hardships that Sojourner
Truth says she has suffered.

Truth ploughed and

worked the farm and
received “the lash,” and
she bore “thirteen
children...and seen them
sold into slavery…”
 What warning does
Truth give to listeners
just before concluding
the speech?
She warns that “the men
better let” women get
the world “right side up
again” (by securing
equal rights for women).
 Exit Slip Question

Write your answer to the following question in 1-2

sentences on the opposite side of your index card
from the beginning of class. Don’t forget your
name!

Write a few sentences that suggest the impact

Sojourner Truth may have had on her audience in
1851.

Hand your index card to me on the way out!