African American women's suffrage in the United States

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

The United States of America

Last week: women's suffrage in the United States

This week: The African American women's point of view 

Lesson goals

1. At the end of this lesson, you know who Sojourner Truth is.

3. At the end of this lesson, you can explain in your own words what the poem ‘Ain’t I a woman’ is about.

According to their husbands: Why shouldn't American women in the 17th and 18th century have the vote?

African American women and the vote.

• They had to deal with all the things white women had to deal with, but on top of that, they were also black.
•  They also attended the women's right convensions.
• Former slave: Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman

Women's rights convention in 1851 

Former slave and abolitionist - she wanted slavery to be abolished!

Form groups of 4 and answer the questions on the back together.

As a group, check your answers with another group.

Let's check your answers together

Revision 

Sojourner Truth - Ain't I a woman

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