Vocabulary
This word means “between.”
twixt
This version of the speech was published closer to the actual event.
Robinson
Truth argues that women deserve these.
equal rights
Truth’s overall purpose is to argue for these.
Answer: What are women’s rights/equality?
“The white men will be in a fix pretty soon” suggests this group fears losing power.
Answer: What are white men?
This word means “harvested.”
reaped
This account uses stronger dialect and repetition.
Gage
Truth believes women are just as this as men.
capable/strong
Truth often uses this tone when challenging unfair ideas.
Answer: What is sarcastic or challenging?
Truth compares people to these containers.
Answer: What are pints and quarts?
This word means “rejected.”
spurned
This version mentions that Truth could not read.
Robinson
Truth connects women’s rights and this other movement.
What is abolition/the anti-slavery movement?
Truth uses personal experiences mainly to make her argument more this.
Answer: What is believable/powerful?
When Truth describes plowing and reaping, she is proving women are this.
Answer: What is strong/capable?
This word means “intelligence” or “wit.”
intellect
This version says Truth had thirteen children.
Gage
Truth uses these stories to support women’s rights.
Biblical Stories/ references
Truth challenges the stereotype that women are this.
Answer: What is weak or inferior?
“The women are coming up” means this is happening.
Answer: What is women are making progress toward equality?
This word means “indebted” or “grateful.”
obliged
This is one reason historians may trust Robinson’s account more.
Published right after the speech
One major central idea in BOTH versions of the speech.
What is women can shape history and deserve equality?
Truth wants her audience to reconsider these beliefs.
Answer: What are beliefs about women’s abilities and rights?
Truth references Eve turning the world upside down to show women can do this.
Answer: What is influence or shape history?