During a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio, in 1851, Sojourner Truth
gave what is regarded as the classic statement of women's rights. According to
Truth, what argument against equal rights for women did men make?
A. I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to
slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but
Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?...
B. Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and
gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a
woman?
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C. That man over there says that women need to be helped into
carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place
everywhere.