Summit County Sojourner Truth Memorial

The Sojourner Truth Statue is a renewed effort to establish a dedicated memorial in Akron, the site of Truth's famous speech that challenged the exclusion of women of color from the women’s rights movement.

Read about local women from the akron area WOMEN'S history project

The Women’s History Project of the Akron Area, Inc. became a program of the Summit County Historical Society of Akron, OH in 2013. The merger occurred during the 30th anniversary year for the Women’s History Project and in anticipation of the Society’s 90th anniversary in 2014.

Learn about the Akron Women’s Endowment Fund

“In 1993, a group of 106 women came together with one goal in mind – to make a difference in the lives of local women and girls. Seeing a need for funding to support programs that empower this population, the women each gave $1,000 to start the Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation.”

Connect with the League of Women Voters of the Akron Area

LWVAA is the local chapter of the nation’s largest, most respected grassroots citizen’s organization, the League of Women Voters. The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan political organization, working to improve our democracy since 1920.

Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame

The Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame was founded in 1978 to honor and publicly recognize the outstanding contributions by Ohio’s women throughout the state’s history. It is currently housed by Ohio History Connection.

the Ohio Suffrage Centennial

Use this site to plan a trip, find and spread the word about events, and discover the state of Ohio's connections to the 72-year fight for woman suffrage.

the Ohio First Ladies National Historic Site

“First Ladies National Historic Site consists of two properties in downtown Canton, Ohio - the home of First Lady Ida Saxton-McKinley and a small visitor center with an exhibit and film. Come learn about how the position of First Lady has evolved over time to include a public role.”

National Women’s History Museum

The National Women’s History Museum displays the life of Sojourner Truth as a digital exhibit and offers a section with lesson plans focused on the work of Truth and others in the Women’s Suffrage Movement.

Library of Congress

Narrative of Sojourner Truth: The digitized 1878 book on the life of Sojourner Truth through her own recollections.

Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee

The Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee of Florence, Massachusetts, the one-time residence of Sojourner Truth, provides biographical information of the abolitionist’s life in that community. The Web site includes excerpts from speeches and links to additional Sojourner Truth resources.

The Sojourner Truth Project

This project looks at the controversy over the two transcriptions of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I A Woman?’ speech. This Web site provides the opportunity to compare the speeches and includes readings by women in contemporary Afro-Dutch dialects, representing Truth’s now lost specific dialect.

Human Rights First

A performance of Sojourner Truth’s “Aint’ I a Woman?’ speech by actress Alfre Woodard is included in a blog post celebrating Truth’s life and anti-slavery activism.

National Votes for Women Trail

“A project of The National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites, The National Votes for Women Trail is collecting sites from all over our country to allow us to tell the untold story of suffrage for all women, of all ethnicities, that extends well past the passage of the 19th amendment.”