Sojourner Truth was a formerly enslaved woman who was freed in 1827 and became an abolitionist and an advocate for women’s rights. She gave one of the most famous women’s rights speeches in American history titled “Ain’t I A Woman?” She delivered the speech at a Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio on May 29,1851 where other notable women’s right’s activist attended like Susan B. Anthony, an important figure for the women’s suffrage movement and Elizabeth Candy Stanton, a human rights activist and one of the first leaders of the women’s rights movement. Truth was the only black woman at the convention. She gave her speech on the steps of the Old Stone Church despite other white women not wanting her to speak. Truth’s ultimate goal with this speech was a call to action. She believed she had a religious obligation to spread the truth, speak out against slavery, and speak up for the rights of women. She hoped to bring light to the fact that black or white, women should be treated the same as men.