Sojourner Truth was an outspoken abolitionist and women’s rights activist in the 19th century. In 1851, Truth delivered what is now recognized as one of the most famous women's rights speeches in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of Sojourner Truth sculpted by Woodrow Nash stands at the center of Sojourner Truth Plaza, which was dedicated during a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1828, years before she took the name Sojourner Truth, a Black woman who had escaped slavery with her infant daughter won a ...

Her life story highlights a mother’s courage, sacrifice and relentless fight to reunite her children, writes Mike Suhre.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Dozens came out to celebrate Sojourner Truth Day at the abolitionist and suffragette’s namesake state park spanning Kingston and the town of Ulster on Saturday. The celebration, the ...

August is the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Month. To celebrate the passing of the 19th Amendment in August 18 1920 , that gave women the right to vote, we focus the next profiles to four women who ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave an ...