Sojourner Truth (LIBRARY EDITION)

True or False?  Sojourner Truth chose her own name.

True!  When Sojourner Truth decided to change her life to become a traveling preacher, she changed her name.  She wanted her name to describe her new job. 

-She began life as a slave.

-She spoke out for equal rights for all.

-She met with president Abraham Lincoln in the White House.

Laura Hamilton Waxman has written many books for the History Maker Bios series, including Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marie Curie, and Sequoyah. She has also written in the Creative Minds Biographies and Pull Ahead Books series.