Ohio Women's Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio
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The Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio was a landmark 1851 gathering in the early U.S. women's rights movement, best known as the site of Sojourner Truth's famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century feminist event
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historical event ⓘ women's rights convention ⓘ |
| aim |
advocacy for women's educational opportunities
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advocacy for women's legal rights ⓘ advocacy for women's property rights ⓘ advocacy for women's suffrage ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black feminism
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United States women's suffrage movement NERFINISHED ⓘ abolitionism ⓘ |
| century | 19th century ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | 1848 Seneca Falls Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Akron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| date | 1851 ⓘ |
| decade | 1850s ⓘ |
| followed | Seneca Falls Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genderFocus | women ⓘ |
| hasAttendee |
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
NERFINISHED
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Frances Dana Barker Gage NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Sojourner Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentedSpeech | "Ain't I a Woman?" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
commemorated in public history and educational materials about women's rights
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frequently cited in women's studies and African American studies scholarship ⓘ |
| hasOrganizer |
Frances Dana Barker Gage
NERFINISHED
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Ohio Women's Rights Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpeaker |
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
NERFINISHED
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Frances Dana Barker Gage NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ Sojourner Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
intersection of race and gender
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married women's property rights ⓘ women's legal status ⓘ women's suffrage ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to the spread of women's rights organizing in the Midwest
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helped shape discourse on Black women's rights in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Akron, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
abolitionist movement
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women's rights movement ⓘ |
| notableFor | Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | early U.S. women's rights movement ⓘ |
| raceFocus | African American women ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
National Women's Rights Conventions
NERFINISHED
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Seneca Falls Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
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