Strenght of Afican American Women

     The themes Nell Irvin Painter covered about how Sojourner Truth was born a slave and worked hard to become free and help free others by giving them knowledge even though she did not have the skills to read and write. She was actually born in New York along the Hudson River as Isabella. It wasn't until 1842 that she changed her name to Isabella. The name Sojourner meaning  itinerant preacher. She earned her living as an Household worker doing everything from inside to outside.
     Nell Irvin Painter wrote a novel on Sojourner Truth, who to some as Painter stated "knew of Sojourner for being a tough black woman who stood up in front of an audience crowd of black Negro phobic white women, rolled her slaves up said aren't I a woman" this was not true. Sojourner was a powerful women in her time fighting for voting right and freedom. African American women were treated as being non-relevant when in fact African American women are the helpful cause for women receiving the right to vote. By coming together in the fight to help create the Black Movement.
     Sojourner saw this and decided to preach her knowledge of the wrongfulness of slavery to African Americans of this country she saw a better way for her people. Painter discussed with us that Sojourner sold thirteen of her children but this is not true according to Painter because Sojourner only had  five children and only four are accounted for. Sojourner was referencing to her mother who sold thirteen of her children.
     The predicament that these writers revealed about African American women of this period is that they were strong individuals that preached about sticking together to accomplish their goals as abolitionist, and by doing so you should see results, because if not they would not be taken serious because African American people especially women were considered good for one thing and that's being a slave to whites. Stewart said not to allow fear to stop you from speaking up, and also to become active members of society.
     The connection that can become of this is that back in those times women had to fight so hard to prove themselves to society for their equal rights in life and women today are still fighting to prove this in America, the fight is not as bad as back then because of these women , situations are not nearly as bad, but women are still looked at as not being equal in society today but this is not the case.