Ain't I a Woman?: Religion Quotes

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Quote #4

Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him. (21-23)

Mary was kind of integral to the whole giving-birth-to-Christ process, so can the argument that women are inferior to men be put to rest?

Quote #5

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! (24)

Truth lobbed this zinger at the men who used religion as an excuse to refuse women full rights. Eve is notorious in the Bible for getting humankind kicked out of Eden, but she still gets credit for shaking things up. Let's not forget that women can have an impact on the course of history, too.