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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Sojourner Truth

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Sojouner Truth's eventful life from runaway slave to advocate for freedom and fairness. The first African American woman to speak out against slavery in public. (In Spanish)
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Lucretia Mott: Woman of Courage

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the issues that motivated Lucretia Mott to become an abolitionist and fighter for women's rights.
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Other

Sojourner Truth Library: On the Trail of Sojourner Truth in Ulster County, Ny

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibit follows events in the life of Sojourner Truth using primary documents and images of people, places and maps to bring her story to life.
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Other

American National Biography: Mary Jane Mc Leod Bethune

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biography of Mary Jane McLeod Bethune, organizer of black women and advocate for social justice.
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Other

American National Biography: Lucretia Coffin Mott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biography of Lucretia Coffin Mott, abolitionist and feminist during the mid-1800s.
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Other

History's Women: Sojourner Truth, Abolitionist Suffragist

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a biography of African American Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), born Isabella Baumfree in 1797 in upstate New York.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Mary Mc Leod Bethune

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame honors Mary McLeod Bethune for her achievements in advocating and educating black students during the first half of the 20th century.
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Black Past

Black Past: Ain't I a Woman?

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains parts of the stirring speech, "Ain't I a Woman," given by Sojourner Truth at the Women's Rights convention in Akron, Ohio.