What was sojourner truth challenging in her poem "Aint I Woman?"?

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What was sojourner truth challenging in her poem "Aint I Woman?"?

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I haven't read or thought about that poem for many years.
Being a slave meant suffering treatment that was sub-human. Yet all around her were "ladies", white women of standing, dressed nice, and treated like delicate personas deserving of preference and service. So she points out, "ain't I a woman?", to draw attention to the fact that color doesn't make her any less than the females around her getting preferential treatment. In fact, she deserved more than the average white woman of her time.