The focal point in her speech is that equality does not exist not only amongst gender, but also among women. Born into slavery, she had spent the greater part of her life working in cruel and harsh conditions, thus robbed her of the stereotypical appearances a woman should have. She mentioned that she did not receive the same treatment a woman should, albeit being a woman herself. She then questioned the rights of women and people of her race. She had worked so much in the farms that she had the strength and capacity of a man; but being a woman, nonetheless, she was befuddled by the reality that not all women receive equal treatment and have the same rights. As discussed in class, how would people of her standings at that period of time react to her speech so unreserved? A handful might think that she has none but the audacity to speak her mind, and to stand up for what she strongly believed in. Will some be fearful of what might happen to them after hearing her words? Or would they just brush it off thinking her words alone will not stir a revolution? She said, "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!". And that simply implied that she had absolute faith in the power of women to alter their fate.
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