“Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth

“Ain’t I a Woman?” was a speech delivered by Sojourner Truth in 1851 that touched on the need for intersectionality in both abolition and the women’s-rights movement. This speech was one of the first recorded mentions of intersectionality as a theoretical framework for the abolition of slavery. Author bell hooks used the same title for one of her books on Black women and feminism.