or civility for her because, in reality, she is a woman, and most importantly, a woman of colored.
Midway in the speech, Truth disputes the concept of inequality between men and women. She acknowledges physical, emotional, and religious similarities of both sex by stating, “I could work as much and eat as much as a man. When I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me. Ain’t I a woman?” This portion of the speech argues that women can do the same labor as men,…
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