Which abolitionist and feminist delivered the famous 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech?

• A. Frederick Douglass
• B. Harriet Tubman
• C. Rosa Parks
• D. Sojourner Truth

Answer: (D)

Sojourner Truth is the abolitionist and feminist who delivered the famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech. Born into slavery in New York, she escaped and became a powerful advocate for both abolition and women’s rights. The speech, delivered at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, challenged prevailing ideas about race and gender by arguing that Black women endured hard work and suffering just as white women did—and often more—yet were denied rights. Truth used plain, persuasive rhetoric and biblical imagery to emphasize equality across both race and gender, linking the abolitionist cause to the early women’s rights movement. The other figures listed were key activists in related struggles, but it was Truth who spoke those words and highlighted the intersection of emancipation and women’s suffrage.