How tall was Sojourner Truth?

Sojourner Truth is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (183 cm).

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Sojourner Truth’s 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) is very tall for a US woman: more than 95 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Sojourner Truth beside others

Sojourner Truth is one of the taller activists we have heights for: Jesse Jackson (6 ft 3 in) stands 3 in (8 cm) taller and Harriet Tubman (5 ft 0 in) is 1 ft 0 in (31 cm) shorter.

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6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

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Sojourner Truth, 6 ft 0 in (183 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)