Sarah Moore Grimké — abolitionist and suffragist
- Creator(s):
- Grimké, Sarah Moore
- Title:
- Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman
- Publication/Origin:
- Boston: Published by Isaac Knapp, 1838
- Description:
- Sarah Moore Grimké and her sister Angelina were formidable and vocal anti-slavery activists and agitators for the rights of women. Growing up on a large plantation in South Carolina, Grimké disregarded the law forbidding teaching slaves to read. The sisters moved to Philadelphia, becoming Quakers, though both abandoned Quakerism over its racism and sexism. The Grimké sisters were delegates to the Women’s Anti-Slavery Convention held in New York in 1837 and, with Grace Bustill Douglass, co-founded the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. These Letters were addressed to Mary Parker, president of the 1837 convention.
- Citation:
- Grimké, Sarah Moore, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman, Boston: Published by Isaac Knapp, 1838, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed July 05, 2025, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4125