https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08 In a paragraph using textual evidence, explain what provoked or inspired Truth to develop this speech. en-us 2020-11-18 13:21:02 UTC 2026-01-17 16:46:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936974258 Sojourner Truth wrote this speech trying to convey a message to society. There are many things that she brings up in her speech that she wants to make apparent such as the repetition of the phrase "And ain't I a woman" after giving examples of how other women/people are treated compared to how she is treated as an African American woman, in addition, Truth proclaims how women are not allowed to vote and are not allowed the same rights as men by saying "If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!" The main exigence is to inform the public that women should be allowed to vote and have the same rights as men even if they are a different gender and/or color of skin.]]> 2020-11-18 14:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936974258 dehealy8991 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936974478 Sojourner Truth wrote this speech about how women of every color should not just be equal to each other but equal to men too. She makes this apparent by saying "That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to
have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me 
into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any
best place! And ain’t I a woman?" This quote shows that she wasn't treated with chivalry like white women were and it was only because of the color of her skin. She does her own work and takes care of herself without the help of any man and it is only because her skin color is different.]]> 2020-11-18 14:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936974478 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936974500 Sojourner Truth wrote the speech, "Ain't I a Woman?" with an intention to convey her intentions of making change. We see and feel this through her emotions throughout the speech. Her main focus during the speech was to show how mistreated women are. She makes points about how she is not helped over a puddle of mud or she is not helped into carriages. She is very courageous in this time where being a woman was hard, but in addition to being an African American woman was even harder African American women faced more persecution than other group during this time. She is able to make her point even stronger when she makes a biblical allusion to how Jesus was created. Although there are many exigences throughout "Ain't I A Woman?", the key exigence is to inform people about the mistreatment of women, as they have done so much and cannot get a simple right such as the right to vote. She justs wants everyone to be equal and her emotion throughout the speech shows the ongoing fight that women encounter.]]> 2020-11-18 14:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936974500 jolund9071 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936974572 Sojourner Truth’s exigence for writing “Ain’t I a Woman” is to ensure that suffragists and other advocates for women's rights at the time acknowledge and remember that woman of color need to be included in the conversation. She fights for the idea that she as well is a woman, and because of this not only should the rights of women be improved, and the right to vote should be given to women, but those rights should be extended to everyone. It is almost as if she is saying to the audience that is assumed to white women that, "WE as a collective gender are discriminated against." As she begins the inclusion of black women in the fight for women's rights, she is able to say that black people in general need advocation for their rights. In a way, she is releasing an unspoken subject, like slavery had been for years prior.

]]> 2020-11-18 14:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936974572 namckenzie5751 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936975483  Sojourner Truth wrote the speech "Ain't I a Woman?" trying to convey a message to society. There are many things that she wants to make apparent such as the treatment of African American women. Truth states, "That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman?" In addition, Truth states, "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?" These quotes portray the injustices faced by African American women during that period in history. The main exigence of "Ain't I a Woman?" is to inform the public that the rights of African American women value just as much as those of White women and men. This is proven in the text when Truth says, "Then they talk about this thing in the head; what’s this they call it? [member of audience whispers, “intellect”] That’s it, honey. What’s that got to do with women’s rights or negroes’ rights?" Overall, Truth's speech fervently speaks of the change she believed was needed in society.]]> 2020-11-18 14:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936975483 nifloreska0551 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936976052 In her speech, "Ain't I a Woman?" Sojourner Truth writes about the inclusion of Black women in the discussion of women's rights. Having been formerly enslaved, Truth experienced unimaginable hardship and not only survived but went on to thrive. This is why she highlights the aspect of her argument that pertains to her blackness first, with the line, "Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me." She knew that she should not call out racism explicitly, but form the argument in a way that white women could relate to. That is why she emphasizes her points in the latter half about all women in general, with an empowering quote such as, "If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!" Truth's ultimate goal with her speech, "Ain't I a Woman?" was to unite all women together as a collective so that they may become stronger and move forward in a more positive direction for women's rights.]]> 2020-11-18 14:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936976052 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936977245 Sojourner Truth wrote the speech “Ain’t I a Woman” in order to make an impact on the world and to change the way others view African American females. She was addressing the white women and men that were around her at the suffragist protest and stated that, even though she was a woman herself, she has never been treated as daintily or delicately as these white women. She wants the world to understand that the fight for equality means the fight for everyone to be equal. She used biblical allusions in order to emphasize her point, stating that Eve was one woman who could turn the world around- what could happen when all there oppressed women work together, African American and Caucasian alike.]]> 2020-11-18 14:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936977245 chriholman2 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936977593 The motivation or exigence  of Sojoruner Truth's speech is the sexism and racism during that time. She has faced slavery and all kinds of bigotry which would empower her to make that speech

]]> 2020-11-18 14:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936977593 137grace137 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936978695 In Sojourner Truth's speech "Ain't I a Woman", her tone is rather irritated, and that is due to the exigence of the speech. Her main point is that we are all born from a woman, so why don't men treat women with respect? Specifically, if all women have it bad, then black women has it especially hard. She states "Nobody ever helps me into carriages or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place! Ain't I a woman?" Therefore, the purpose, or exigence of her speech is to possibly bring about change in society. She also wants to inform anyone listening about the prejudices against black women, and bring light to disregarded information.]]> 2020-11-18 14:56:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936978695 rolaorselli1 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936978842 Sojourner Truth attempts to convey a broad message to society. The message being that Truth believes Black women and white women are two sides of the same coin. Black women however, were treated poorly during this time period. She states, "Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! Ain't I a woman?" The exigence of her speech is to contradict the popular opinion at the time, that Black women were somehow "less" of a woman than their white counterparts.]]> 2020-11-18 14:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936978842 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936979165 Historical context inspired Truth's speech. Truth begins the speech by introducing the basic ideas of chivalry and how it is expressed. However ]]> 2020-11-18 14:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936979165 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936980301 the feelings provoked or inspired in this speech are ones of hope and an incentive to want to help the change. she uses diction to help further her speech and people can hear the raw emotion in her words. not only was this a problem she faced everyday , its a problem millions faced as well and they needed the inspiration from speeches like this to put a stop to it .]]> 2020-11-18 14:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936980301 niclement889_2 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936991414 In Truth's speech "Ain't I  A Woman" she  develops the idea that women are not held up to the same standards as men and white women are also seen differently than black women. For example,"that man over there says that women need to be
helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to
have the best place everywhere". This shows that women are seen as less and they cannot do things for themselves but the women they are speaking about are white women. Truth is not seen as a person therefore,they will never respect her as a woman. For example,"look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered
into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a
woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a
man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well!
And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children". This shows that not only can she do more than a man can expect but, she has also had many children and had the strength of being in slavery whilst seeing her children be sold off. The message of this is that although women and especially black women are seen differently and held to a different standard she can persevere throughout the obstacles put in front of her. ]]> 2020-11-18 14:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/936991414 rujovel8821 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/937034318 In her speech, “Ain’t I a women,” Truth conveys the message that women should be able to vote. she believed that women provided a major role in society and for that reason, should have had the right to vote. Truth states that if the world were to be flipped upside down, women could work together and flip it right side up. This shows that the exigence behind her writing this speech is that women, no matter the skin color, were not able to vote in the past. ]]> 2020-11-18 15:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/937034318 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/938710023 S.Truth wrote her speech trying to convey a message to society. There are many things that she brings up in her speech that she wants to make  apparent such as women being inferior to men. For example Turth stated, "I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well!" Truth tried to explain that men and women are equal. Trurh mainly wanted to enforce change. She wanted to change how women are being viewed in public and enforce women's rights.]]> 2020-11-18 20:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/938710023 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/939141665 the exigence in the speech "Ain't I a Women", or the meaning to write the speech was to express the ideas of sexism and also the ideas of racism. ]]> 2020-11-18 22:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/939141665 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/939315936 Sojourner Truth wrote the speech "Ain't I a Woman" in order to share the social injustices she has went through in her lifetime to bring a perspective that the women at the women's convention could relate to and/or to bring a new perspecive to those who had not initially thought about it that way. From the first few sentences she states clearly that she's going to talk about the Black men of the south and the women of the north. Being a part of both oppressed groups, being Black and a woman, she points out how Black women have it far worse. She says from personal experience that she had never been dealt with daintily like a white woman has, and also she works and toils as hard as a Black man would. At the end though, she alludes to the biblical story of Eve and how she turned the whole world upside down. From the last couple of lines, you can also see her insighting a strive for change in men and also women especially with the quote "If the first woman God ever made was strong     
enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get
it right side up again!" Overall, Sojourner Truth wrote this speech in order to illicite a stronger strive for equality in America.]]> 2020-11-19 00:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/939315936 rumalik2691 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/939767999 History inspired S.Truths speech. She spoke about chivaliry and how it was conveyed and she brings up how she wanted change for women without being to blunt. ]]> 2020-11-19 04:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/939767999 https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/941067794 In Truth’s speech she expresses how she feels about sexism and how she believes men and women should be equal.]]> 2020-11-19 13:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hugheska6/kzvgict57uld8m08/wish/941067794