Bonus: The Whole Truth

From the Smithsonian's Sidedoor podcast: sorting fact from fiction to find the real Sojourner Truth. As a prominent woman's rights activist and abolitionist, Sojourner Truth gave hundreds of speeches and sold countless images of herself. And yet the words that define her in our popular imagination - "Ain't I a woman?" - were actually made up. Host Lizzie Peabody went looking for the real Sojourner Truth and she found a woman with a much more complicated and fascinating life than any slogan can capture. Guests: Nell Irvin Painter, author of Sojourner Truth: a Life, a Symbol ; Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton University Ashleigh Coren, former content strategist for the Smithsonian's Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past initiative Kim Sajet , director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and host of the Smithsonian's Portraits podcast

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Bonus: The Whole Truth is an episode from PORTRAITS by Deborah Sisum.

This episode is 34:30 long.

This episode was published on Feb 4, 2025.

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