| Abstract | The article discusses history's role in black feminist theory. It examines racism and sexism and comments on several female African American historical figures, including poet Frances E.W. Harper, feminist Maria W. Stewart, and abolitionist Sojourner Truth. The author considers Truth's speech known as the "Ain't I a Woman?" speech and evaluates treatments of it in academia. The works of several theorists of black feminism, including Valerie Palmer-Mehta, Patricia Hill Collins, and Ann DuCille, are discussed.
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