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Sisters, I ain't clear what you're after. If women want any rights more than they're got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it?

— Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth : A Self-made Woman (1974)

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If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them, and not be talking about it?

I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?

Ain't I a Woman? Speech (1851)

That little man in black there, he says women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Jesus Christ wasn't a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.

Ain't I a Woman? Speech (1851)

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, the women together ought to be able to turn back and get it right side up again! And now they are asking to do it, the men had better let them.

Ain't I a Woman? Speech (1851)

"But then there came another rush of love through my soul, an' I cried out loud,- 'Lord, Lord, I can love even de white folks!'"

Olive Gilbert & Sojourner Truth (1878)

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