The Grimké sisters from South Carolina

Description

"The only Southern white women ever to become leading abolitionists, Sarah and Angelina Grimke encountered many obstacles in pursuing their antislavery work. Their greatest accomplishment was in challenging the ubiquitous prejudices of society against women and African Americans. They were the first US-born white women to take to the public platform and the first to assert woman's rights.". "In The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina, Gerda Lerner, herself a leading historian and pioneer in the study of Women's History, tells the story of these determined sisters and the contributions they made to the antislavery and woman's rights movements. From their wealthy upbringing in Charleston, South Carolina, the societal restraints that kept them from higher education, and their utter contempt of slavery, to their conversion to the Quaker religion, and monumental achievements at the podium and with the pen, Lerner illuminates the lasting contributions of the Grimke sisters, as well as the important role played by women in the antislavery movement."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

On Wednesday, February 21, 1838, starting about noon, people from all over Boston began arriving at the State House in carriages, by horseback and on foot.

Excerpt

On Wednesday, February 21, 1838, starting about noon, people from all over Boston began arriving at the State House in carriages, by horseback and on foot.

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Other Editions

• The Grimké sisters from South Carolina: rebels against slavery.Houghton Mifflin1967-01-01
• The Grimke sisters from South CarolinaHoughton Mifflin1967-01-01
• The Grimké sisters from South CarolinaSchocken1971-01-01
• The Grimke sisters from South CarolinaSchocken Books1971-01-01
• The Grimké sisters from South CarolinaSchocken Books1971-01-01
• The Grimké sisters from South CarolinaSchocken Books1971-01-01