Sisters, I ain't clear what you're after. If women want any… - Sojourner Truth

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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?

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Sojourner Truth (c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) originally named Isabella Bomefree, then Baumfree, was a black woman who was born into slavery, and later became a prominent author, and social activist.

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Birth Name: Isabella Baumfree • Elena Divar

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

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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.

...teach them to read, and they will be somebody.

I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail.

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

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