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In 1851, Sojourner, a women's rights activist and abolitionist, gave a speech at the convention, and in 1863 its transcription was re-released. Although this later version is often remembered by ...
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Sojourner Truth (/ s oʊ ˈ dʒ ɜːr n ər, ˈ s oʊ dʒ ɜːr n ər /; [1] born Isabella Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. [2]
The speech was broadcast to the "youth of the Empire" and was broadcast on the BBC Home Service in the United Kingdom at 6:55 pm on 21 April 1947, her 21st birthday. [1] Her birthday had been declared a national holiday in South Africa. [1] A description of her birthday celebrations in Cape Town preceded the speech on the Home Service.
The days event's included speeches from the likes of John Lewis, a civil rights activist who currently serves as a U.S. congressman more than 50 years later, Mrs. Medgar Evers, whose husband had ...
Billie Eilish’s tender speech about being a woman brought the audience to tears long before her heartrending performance of the “Barbie” ballad, “What Was I Made For?” at Variety’s ...
Without a title at the time, the speech later became known under the title of "Ain't I a Woman?". [3] Truth was the only black woman in attendance at the conference and many of the other women present did not want her to speak. [4] Truth delivered the speech from the steps of the Old Stone Church, on the second day of the convention.
For many women, one scene in "Barbie" was particularly cathartic. As Margot Robbie's Barbie suffers an existential crisis following her trip outside Barbieland, Gloria, a human played by America ...