LogosSojourner Truth was obviously emotional about her topic (hmm: wonder why?!), but her major rhetorical style was cold, hard logic. Her whole point was Black women were not considered as equal t...

SpeechSojourner Truth couldn't read or write, but she could use her dang voice. And her voice was so powerful that this speech echoes through history. It was spontaneous—she hadn't been asked to...

Conversational, Personal, Impassioned No double-talk or hidden meanings here: "Ain't I a Woman?" was a simple speech from a woman who didn't mince words. Truth stood up, said her piece, and sat bac...

Straight-ShootingTruth was definitely a woman who liked to keep it simple. She didn't go off on tangents, despite the spontaneity of her speech. She just got up and told it like it was, even with u...

Well, Sojourner Truth asks "ain't I a woman?" a grand total of four times. But what's Truth's point here? Is she just supremely happy about being a woman? Is it her eighteenth birthday, and is she...

Sojourner comes out swinging…and she basically keeps delivering KO after KO throughout the whole boxing match—er—speech. Here's how she enters the ring:"Well, children, where there is so much...

The legit final sentence of "Ain't I a Woman?" is a polite thank you from an unscheduled speaker confident in having made her points. "Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain'...

(3) Base CampSojourner Truth was crystal clear about who she was, what she was saying, and why she was saying it. The meaning of "Ain't I a Woman" is literal: what you see is what you get. The spee...

In-Text ReferencesBiblical ReferencesGod (22, 24)Jesus Christ (13, 19-21)Mary (22)Eve (24)References to This TextLiterary and Philosophical Referencesbell hooks, Ain't I a Woman?: black women and f...

Isabella worked as a housekeeper for a cult. Yes; a cult. To make things even more exciting, Isabella was accused of attempting to poison a white couple in the cult. She was acquitted, sued the cou...