▁In ▁G age ' s ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁version , ▁Tr uth ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁his s es , ▁with ▁voices ▁calling ▁to ▁prevent ▁her ▁from ▁speaking . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Frances ▁G age ' s ▁rec ount ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁Tr uth ▁argued , ▁" That ▁man ▁over ▁there ▁says ▁that ▁women ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁helped ▁into ▁carri ages , ▁and ▁lifted ▁over ▁d itch es , ▁and ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁best ▁place ▁everywhere . ▁Nob ody ▁helps   me   any ▁best ▁place .   And ▁ain ' t ▁I ▁a ▁woman ?" ▁Tr uth ' s ▁" A in ' t ▁I ▁a ▁Woman " ▁showed ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁recognition ▁that ▁black ▁women ▁received ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁and ▁whose ▁lack ▁of ▁recognition ▁will ▁continue ▁to ▁be ▁seen ▁long ▁after ▁her ▁time . ▁" Black ▁women , ▁of ▁course , ▁were ▁virt ually ▁invisible ▁within ▁the ▁prot ract ed ▁campaign ▁for ▁woman ▁suff rage ," ▁wrote ▁Ang ela ▁Davis , ▁supporting ▁Tr uth ' s ▁argument ▁that ▁nobody ▁gives ▁her ▁" any ▁best ▁place "; ▁and ▁not ▁just ▁her , ▁but ▁black ▁women ▁in ▁general . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁ 1 0 ▁years , ▁Tr uth ▁spoke ▁before ▁do z ens , ▁perhaps ▁hundreds , ▁of ▁aud ien ces . ▁From ▁ 1 8 5 1 ▁to ▁ 1 8 5 3 , ▁Tr uth ▁worked ▁with ▁Mar ius ▁Robinson , ▁the ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Ohio ▁Anti - S la very ▁Bug le ,