<P> The speech was briefly reported in two contemporary newspapers , and a transcript of the speech was published in the Anti-Slavery Bugle on June 21 , 1851 . It received wider publicity in 1863 during the American Civil War when Frances Dana Barker Gage published a different version , one which became known as Ai n't I a Woman ? because of its oft - repeated question . This later , better known and more widely available version has been the one referenced by most historians . </P>
<P> The speech was briefly reported in two contemporary newspapers , and a transcript of the speech was published in the Anti-Slavery Bugle on June 21 , 1851 . It received wider publicity in 1863 during the American Civil War when Frances Dana Barker Gage published a different version , one which became known as Ai n't I a Woman ? because of its oft - repeated question . This later , better known and more widely available version has been the one referenced by most historians . </P>
when was ai n 't i a woman written
when was ai n 't i a woman written
June 21 , 1851
June 21 , 1851