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050	0	0	_aE185.97.T8 _bP35 1996
082	1		_a92 TRU _2
100	1		_aPainter, Nell Irvin
245	1	0	_aSojourner Truth : _ba life, a symbol _c/ Nell Irvin Painter.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: W.W. Norton _c, c1996.
300			_a370 p. _b: illus. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-343) and index.
520	3		_aSojourner Truth first gained prominence at an 1851 Akron, Ohio, women's rights conference, saying, "Dat man over dar say dat woman needs to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches. . . . Nobody eber helps me into carriages, or ober mud-puddles . . . and ar'n't I a woman?" Sojourner Truth: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist, figure of imposing physique, riveting preacher and spellbinding singer who dazzled listeners with her wit and originality. Straight-talking and unsentimental, Truth became a national symbol for strong black women--indeed, for all strong women. Like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, she is regarded as a radical of immense and enduring influence; yet, unlike them, what is remembered of her consists more of myth than of personality. Nell Irvin Painter goes beyond the myths, words, and photographs to uncover the life of a complex woman who was born into slavery and died a legend.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aTruth, Sojourner, 1797-1883
650		4	_aAfrican American abolitionists _v--Biography
650		4	_aAbolitionists _z-United States _v--Biography
650		4	_aWomen abolitionists
650		4	_aSocial reformers _z-United States _v--Biography
650		4	_aWomen social reformers _z-United States _v--Biography
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