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Sarah and Angelina Grimké. Brad Fortunato & Tess Madarasz. Lived in Charleston, on a plantation in South Carolina Sarah was born in 1792 and died in 1873 Angelina was born in 1805 and died in 1879 2 out of 14 children born to John and Mary Grimké Sarah dreamed of becoming a lawyer
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Sarah and Angelina Grimké Brad Fortunato & Tess Madarasz
Lived in Charleston, on a plantation in South Carolina • Sarah was born in 1792 and died in 1873 • Angelina was born in 1805 and died in 1879 • 2 out of 14 children born to John and Mary Grimké • Sarah dreamed of becoming a lawyer • Angelina was raised by Sarah Biography
Both questioned the idea of slavery and the treatment of women • Sarah moved to Philadelphia at age 29 to join Quaker society • Angelina later joined Sarah in Philadelphia in 1829 Early Actions
Speaking tour of the Northeast throughout 67 cities • Last stop of the tour was the Massachusetts Legislature, Angelina became the first woman in American history to speak in front of a legislative body • Forced to withdraw from Quaker society • First women to address co-ed audiences Later Career
Letter to the editor of The Liberator • Appeal to the Christian Women of the South • "Letter XII Human Rights Not Founded on Sex," Literary Works
19th and 20th century: women’s suffrage, education, and working conditions • 1960-80’s: inequality laws • 1980’s- present: continuation of the second phase • Sarah and Angelina played a key role in the beginning of the movement Feminism
Movement to end slavery • Famous Abolitionists: Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Beecher Stowe • Slavery was a huge part of American economy • Abolitionists saw the horrors of slavery and sought for the end of it Abolitionism
"All men, every where and of every color are born equal and have an inalienable right to liberty." • "No circumstances can ever justify a man holding his fellow man as property." • "Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." • "Human beings have rights because they are moral beings, whatever is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do." Famous Quotes
They overall set the precedent for future feminists and abolitionists. • Noted abolitionists and feminist advocates would follow in the footsteps set by the sisters • Such as Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone Accomplishments
"Angelina and Sarah Grimke." History's Women. Web. 21 Mar. 2012. <http://www.historyswomen.com/socialreformer/grimke2.html>. • "Feminism and Women's Studies." : A Brief Overview of. Web. 21Mar. 2012. <http://feminism.eserver.org/about/overview.html>. • "The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History." History Now. The Historians Perspective. Web. 21 Mar. 2012. http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historynow/09_2005/historian4.php • "Sarah Grimke and Angelina Grimke Weld." Harvard University Library Open Collections Program. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2012. <http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/grimke.html>. • Whipps, Judy. "Sarah Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Grimké Weld (1805-1879)." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. N.p., 25 Mar. 2011. Web. 17 Mar. 2012. <http://www.iep.utm.edu/grimke/>. • Grimke, Angelina. "Appeal To the Christian Women of the South." Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture. University of Virginia, 1836. Web. 17 Mar. 2012. <http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/abesaegat.html>. • "People & Ideas: Angelina and Sarah Grimké." God in America. PBS, n.d. Web. 17 Mar. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/angelina- grimke.html>. Bibliography
