Although the exact wording is disputed, Sojourner Truth’s 1851 speech at the Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, serves as a call to action among women with her use of anaphora, logical reasoning, and religious allusions. She opens her speech by comparing her situation to that of northern women, specifically about how women are respected. She points out, “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman?”. She uses this point to highlight the hypocrisy of American society, which simultaneously respects and dehumanizes women based on their skin color. She continuously repeats the phrase, “And ain’t I a woman?”, further emphasizing the double standard. She proceeds with examples such
