Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that twixt the Negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But whats all this here talking about? That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place ..... !Who gave this famous speech?

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“Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the Negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this here talking about? That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place ____ !"Who gave this famous speech?

A	Harriet Beecher Stowe
B	Harriet Tubman
C	Lucretia Mott
D	Sojourner Truth

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Sojourner Truth (1797-1883): Ain’t I A Woman? Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Ain’t I A Woman?” is the text of a speech she delivered in 1851 at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio. The women in attendance were being challenged to call for the right to vote. The purpose of the speech is to persuade the audience that giving women the right to vote is common sense.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is the meaning behind Sojourner’s claim that “if woman have a pint and man a quart-why can’t she have her little pint full”? By giving a woman a pint and a man a quart, the woman is unable to take more than the pint will hold. A woman will have only as many rights as you give her.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Ain’t I a Woman?” was focused on the unfairness of coddling white women while condemning Black women to hard labor. The double standards in treatment only served to further hide Black woman from discussion of abolition and equal rights.

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