Years after slavery was abolished, the fight for equal rights continued. Just check out the 1960s. (And the 1910s, the 1940s, the 1950s—you get the point).

Just like Sojourner Truth, Rosa Parks was a mild-mannered but firm believer in being treated fairly. They both had incidents of violence against them when using public transportation "incorrectly"— Rosa's 1955 act of defiance against the man, in this case Jim Crow laws, echoed Sojourner's earlier protest (read all about it in our Brain Snacks).

Rosa's own words more than adequately sum up the strength of character both women possessed when she wrote, "I had been pushed around all my life and felt at that moment I couldn't take it anymore." (Source)

Her actions won her attention from equal rights activists and she gave speeches and worked tirelessly toward ending discrimination for the rest of her life.

Sound familiar?