I’m disappointed. The famous words “And ain’t I a Woman?” did not come from the mouth of Sojourner Truth.
According to historian Nell Irvin Painter, author of Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol, Frances Dana Gage, a white feminist, revised Truth’s impromptu address to a women’s rights convention in Akron, Ohio twelve years after the fact. [...]

You can own a slave for $90. You can’t even buy a coat for $90.
At that dirt cheap price there must be thousands of people being sold. Millions even. So, if you want to start a sure-fire business, become a slave trader. Capture some people—particularly women and children—ship them halfway around the world and rake [...]

This year’s $1.5 million Nobel Peace Prize will be divvied up among three African women. Call me cynical but—once again—women get paid less than men.
Why must each woman receive one-third of the prize money? Why not give them each $1.5 million? Every individual winner (e.g., Mother Teresa, Barak Obama, Henry Kissinger) gets to keep all [...]