Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman
Title:
Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman
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.
Creator:
Grimké, Sarah Moore
Publisher:
Published by Isaac Knapp
Date:
1838
Coverage:
Boston
Display Date:
1838
Hover Text:
Sarah Moore Grimké — abolitionist and suffragist
Published Item:
P
Item Index:
25
Item Sort:
1800s
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