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Course Hero. "Ain't I a Woman Speech Study Guide." Course Hero. 2 Aug. 2019. Web. 14 Aug. 2022. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Aint-I-a-Woman-Speech/>.
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Course Hero. (2019, August 2). Ain't I a Woman Speech Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved August 14, 2022, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Aint-I-a-Woman-Speech/
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Course Hero. "Ain't I a Woman Speech Study Guide." August 2, 2019. Accessed August 14, 2022. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Aint-I-a-Woman-Speech/.
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Course Hero, "Ain't I a Woman Speech Study Guide," August 2, 2019, accessed August 14, 2022, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Aint-I-a-Woman-Speech/.
| Key Figure | Description |
|---|---|
| Sojourner Truth | Sojourner Truth delivered the speech "Ain't I a Woman?" at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, in 1851. Read More |
| Frances Dana Gage | White journalist and president of the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, Frances Dana Gage (1808–84) published the most popular transcription of "Ain't I a Woman?" in 1863, 12 years after the speech was delivered. |
| Olive Gilbert | Abolitionist and friend to Sojourner Truth, Olive Gilbert transcribed and helped Truth publish The Narrative of Sojourner Truth (1850). Truth was illiterate and relied on Gilbert's help in this effort. |
| Marius Robinson | Journalist and abolitionist Marius Robinson (1806–78) published the first version of "Ain't I a Woman?" in a rumination on the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, two months after the convention. His thoughts were published in the newspaper for which he was editor, the Anti-Slavery Bugle. |
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