Rhetorical Analysis Of Sojourner Truth

In 1851 at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio, an African American woman named Sojourner Truth gave a speech defending women’s rights. In this speech, she proved that women were capable of doing tough jobs like men. That they had the ability to go to school and get an education, and make the world a better place just like any man can do. Truth proved that the stereotypes given to women were inaccurate, and showed the audience what women were capable of doing. She fought for the rights of both white and African American women, because she believed in equality. At the time, men would treat white women as if they were a fragile object that was unable to carry out a certain job, or at least that’s how they say a lady was. In the speech, Truth …show more content…
Like mentioned in the speech, men believed women couldn’t have rights because Christ was a man. As declared in the speech, “Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ‘cause Christ wasn’t a women! Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.” With the power of God, Christ’s mother was able to have him. There was absolutely no man involved in the process. Truth displays here that men shouldn't believe less of a women, because women are the reason they are here. Women bring life into this world, and should be able to have the authority over rights. Women were treated poorly and unequal, but Sojourner Truth stood up and fought for what was right. By giving her speech, she has helped women gain the rights they deserve. With every aim to bring women down, Truth was their defending them, and didn't give up for what she believed in. Like Truth said, “If the first women 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!” Sojourner Truth believed in equality, and that is what she fought