Sojourner Truth's Speech At Akron

Sojourner Truth’s Speech at Akron Sojourner Truth’s, speech at Akron was one of her most famous speeches in all time. During the nineteen century women were considered the “Weaker vessels. “ That belief had been around for a long time until some brave and determined women decided to change that ideology. One of those women was Sojourner Truth. Sojourner main argument was to make society understand that, women should not be inferior to men, and argued that women should have the right to vote just like men do .Men believed that women should not vote because it’s a burden that they can’t handle. Truth contradicted that comment by stating that “That man over there says women need to be helped

The author wants teachers to teach multiple versions and also to talk about the politics of transcription, race, and gender. I totally agree with the author because there is more than one version of the speech, therefore, teachers should not only focus on teaching only one version of the speech. The author states that the version of Truth’s speech that Francis Gage and Marcus Robinson published were so different that her students were dubious that they were reading the same speech. Gage’s version focuses more on issues that Truth was fighting against such as women’s right and generates a secondary connection of slave’s liberation. On the other hand, Robinson’s version of the speech focuses on equality and abolition of slavery using biblical references and less humor of Truth’s speech. The author wants teachers to make sure that the students know that the versions of Truth’s speeches are only versions. Truth did not know how to read or write, therefore, her words are not really her words. They are just a representation of her words to whoever transcribed them. I think that’s a good idea for students to know that the versions of Truth’s speeches are not words that she wrote herself. I believe that would make the students less confusing about the different versions of Truth’s speeches, and that