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A'n't I a Woman? Truth's most famous speech, "A'n't I a Woman?", was delivered at a convention on women's rights in 1851. In it, she is reported to have challenged a Protestant minister's claims that men deserve more privileges than women because they are intellectually superior and because God created Jesus as a man. THIRTEEN CHILERN, AND SEEN EM MOS' ALL SOLD OFF TO SLAVERY, AND WHEN J CRIED OUT WITH MY MOTHERS GRIE0 NONE BUT JESUS HEARD MEI AND A 'N'T J A WOMAN? IN BLACK DAR, HE SAY WOMEN CAN'T HAVE AS MUCH RIGHTS AS MEN, CAUSE CHRIST WAN 1T A WOMAN! WHAR DID YOUR CHRIST COME FROM? J I Her speech is often cited as an example of early black feminist political I activism, although in many ways it is more about the status of the racialized 140 and feminized body.
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Harriet Tubman (1820?-1913) was probably the most militant black female activist of her time. As an advocate of black women's rights, Tubman participated in the 1895 National Conference of Colored Women in America (NCCWA). She later became a strong supporter of women's suffrage. Tubman's life was rife with stories of disobedience and rebellion. However, she too was mostly interested in eradicating racial oppression and addressed issues of gender only when discussing the plight of black women. In recognition of her efforts, the US postal service issued a stamp to honour her as part of the Black Heritage series. I 141

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A'n't I a Woman? Truth's most famous speech, "A'n't I a Woman?", was delivered at a convention on women's rights in 1851. In it, she is reported to have challenged a Protestant minister's claims that men deserve more privileges than women because they are intellectually superior and because God created Jesus as a man.

THIRTEEN CHILERN, AND SEEN EM MOS' ALL SOLD OFF TO SLAVERY, AND WHEN J CRIED OUT WITH MY MOTHERS GRIE0 NONE BUT JESUS

HEARD MEI AND A 'N'T

J A WOMAN?

IN BLACK DAR, HE SAY WOMEN CAN'T HAVE AS MUCH RIGHTS AS MEN, CAUSE CHRIST WAN 1T A WOMAN! WHAR DID

YOUR CHRIST COME

FROM?

J I

Her speech is often cited as an example of early black feminist political

I activism, although in many ways it is more about the status of the racialized 140 and feminized body.

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