Grimke Sisters

The Grimke Sisters, Sarah Grimke (1792 - 1873) and Angelina Grimke Weld (1805 - 1879), were 19th Century Quakers, educators and writers who were early advocates of abolitionism and women's rights.

References

• Birney, Catherin H. "The Grimke Sisters." Greenwood Publishing Group, 1969.
• Ceplair, Larry, Editor. "The Public Years of Sarah and Angelina Grimke: Selected Writings 1835 - 1839." Columbia University Press, New York, 1989.

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::--Weld, Angelina Grimke. "Letters to Catherine E. Beecher, in reply to An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, addressed to A. E. Grimke (1837)."

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::--Grimke, Sarah. "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman," addressed to Mary S. Parker, President of the Boston Female anti-Slavery Society, 1838.

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• Lerner, Gerda. "The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina: pioneers for women's rights and abolition." New York, Schocken Books, 1971.
• Willimon, William H. "Turning the World Upside Down; the story of Sarah and Angelina Grimke." Sandlapper Press, 1972.