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The Ohio Women's Convention at Akron in 1851 met on May 28-29, 1851 at
Akron, Ohio Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Ohio, fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Akron metr ...
. There, the abolitionist and preacher,
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, delivered one of the most famous speeches in American history. The speech, which did not have a title at the time, became known as the '
Ain't I a Woman? "Ain't I a Woman?" is a speech, generally considered to have been delivered extemporaneously, by Sojourner Truth (1797–1883), born into slavery in the state of New York. Some time after gaining her freedom in 1827, she became a well known an ...
' speech.


History

The Ohio Women's Convention at Akron met for two days on May 28-29, 1851 in
Akron, Ohio Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Ohio, fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Akron metr ...
. The convention was led by
Frances Dana Barker Gage Frances Dana Barker Gage (pen name, Aunt Fanny; October 12, 1808November 10, 1884) was a leading American reformer, feminist and abolitionist. She worked closely with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with other leaders of the ...
, who had previously presided over a similar event in McConnelsville. The convention was not well received locally and several men, including local ministers, heckled speakers at it. During the convention, one of the speakers was the abolitionist and preacher,
Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth (; born Isabella Bomefree; November 26, 1883) was an American Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and Temperance movement, alcohol temperance. Truth was ...
, who gave what became one of the most notable speeches in American women's history. Without a title at the time, the speech later became known under the title of "
Ain't I a Woman? "Ain't I a Woman?" is a speech, generally considered to have been delivered extemporaneously, by Sojourner Truth (1797–1883), born into slavery in the state of New York. Some time after gaining her freedom in 1827, she became a well known an ...
". Truth was the only black woman in attendance at the conference and many of the other women present did not want her to speak. Truth delivered the speech from the steps of the Old Stone Church, on the second day of the convention. It was published by journalist Marius Robinson in ''
The Anti-Slavery Bugle ''The Anti-Slavery Bugle'' was an abolitionist newspaper published in Ohio from June 20, 1845, to May 4, 1861. The paper's motto was "No Union with Slaveholders". History ''The Anti-Slavery Bugle'' was first published in New Lisbon, Ohio, (later r ...
'' on June 21, 1851.


Legacy


See also

*
List of women's rights conventions in the United States This is a Chronology, chronological list of women's rights conventions held in the United States. The first convention in the country to focus solely on women's rights was the Seneca Falls Convention held in the summer of 1848 in Seneca Falls, Ne ...
* Women's suffrage in Ohio * Ohio Women's Convention at Massillon in 1852


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