Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol by Nell Irvin Painter

Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol

Nell Irvin Painter

384 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Though she was born into slavery and subjected to physical and sexual abuse by her owners, Sojourner Truth came to represent the power of individual strength and perseverance. She championed the disadvantaged--black in the South, women in the Nort...

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