Ain T I A Woman Analysis

Since the speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was given by Sojourner Truth in 1797, there have been significant changes in the rights of women. However, the speech poses a question of more than just equal rights among women of different races, but human rights in general. The theme of Ain’t I a Woman is widespread throughout the speech and is personified as equal rights as women, equal rights between races, and equal rights as humans. Ain’t I a Woman forces the audience to decipher between acceptable and unacceptable behavior toward our fellow human.
Sojourner Truth bares her soul explaining some of her trials and tribulations throughout life where she has been treated as less than a woman – in order to shed light on the unjust and unfair treatment of colored women in comparison to caucasion women. She states that some men think that women should in essence be catered to. For example, Truth singles out a particular male in the audience expressing that “That man over there …show more content…
Truth explains how intelligence has no bearing on the rights of women, nor the rights of other races. According to some men in 1797, women could not have the same rights as men, because Christ was not a woman. Truth goes on to combat that theory, stating “Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.” Truth’s determination to express the importance of equal rights between women and men is inspiring. She challenges the men by declaring “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! And now they is asking to do it, and the men better let