Ain't I a Woman?: Section 2 Summary

Ain't I a Woman?

  • Apparently, women are fragile creatures who need protecting from the big bad world.
  • Of course, that logic only seems to apply to white women.
  • Case in point: Sojourner worked just as hard as men…and a lot harder than white women.
  • She planted and harvested in the fields, got beaten for her trouble, and worked up an appetite like men.
  • She had children and watched them have to work as well.
  • If she was a woman and capable of all of that, why was she not treated as equal to men?