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Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say."</blockquote>

Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say."</blockquote>

In 1864, she visited [[President Abraham Lincoln]] at the [[White House]] and in 1865 was assigned to work at Freedman's Hospital in Washington.  She rode the Washington, DC, streetcars to force their desegregation  

In 1864, she visited President [[Abraham Lincoln]] at the White House and in 1865 was assigned to work at Freedman's Hospital in Washington.  She rode the Washington, DC, streetcars to force their desegregation  

She was the first black woman to vote in a Michigan state election and died in Battle Creek Michigan in 1883.

She was the first black woman to vote in a Michigan state election and died in Battle Creek Michigan in 1883.

While modern [[feminist]]s see Women's Rights as women being treated equally with men, Sojourner Truth knew that women were special in their own way.

 

* [[Abolitionism]]

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[[category:Civil Rights Leaders]]

[[category:Civil Rights Leaders]]

[[Category:Black History]]

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