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Article: Sojourner Truth is latest victim of white feminists.(Metropolitan Times)(Metropolitan Voices)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 5, 1997
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Adrienne T. Washington asks a good question: If Sojourner Truth's image is not included in the white "Women in the Bathtub" memorial then they should be thrown out with the bathwater ("Truth deserves spot in Capitol Rotunda," Feb. 25).
Like "Gone With the Wind," Rep. Constance Morella and her fellow feminist travelers in Congress are planning another party while Sojourner Truth's sisters are back home doing housecleaning, laundry and being a nanny for feminists' offspring.
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