1. Sarah and Angelina Grimke
Abolitionists and Woman Rights Activists
"I recognize no rights but human rights—I know nothing of men’s rights and women’s rights…men and women were created equal. They are both moral and accountable beings, and whatever is right for man to do, is right for woman."1 – The Grimke Sisters: Sarah and Angelina Grimke – civil rights
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2. Early Life Wealthy slave-holding South Carolina family
Sarah - born on November 26, 1792
Angelina - born on February 20, 1805
Strongly disagreed with slavery
Secretly taught slave children to read
Sarah moved to Philadelphia to become a Quaker (1821)
Angelina followed in 1829

3. Later Life
Moved to New York to work for its Anti-Slavery Society (1836)
Angelina married abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld (1838)
Sarah moved in with the couple
The three abolitionist suffered financially in the following decades
Farmed and operated schools in 1840s/1850s
Retired to the Hyde Park section of Boston (1864)
Sisters activism switched to woman’s rights
Attempted to cast ballots in the 1870 election
Rejected by male Hyde Park officials
Sarah attempted to vote for the first time at age 80
Died three years later in 1873; Angelina died in 1879

4. Anti-slavery movement
Anti-Slavery Movement- Abolitionism is a movement to end human slavery
Quakers earliest to protest slave trade
1831- William Lloyd Garrison made The Liberator and founded the New England Anti- Slavery Society
1833- The American Anti-Slavery Society was founded- split in 1839
Books, pamphlets, newspapers, and other publications were crucial to the spread of anti-slavery
1863- Lincoln delivered Emancipation Proclamation which stated “all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
The 13th Amendment of the Constitution officially abolished slavery in the United States

5. The Women’s rights movement
Women’s Rights Movement- The term women's rights refers to the putative freedoms and entitlements of women and girls of all ages.
Began because of the anti-slavery movement- belief equality should extend to both African-Americans and women
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton- prominent early advocates for woman’s rights
1848- Seneca Falls Convention- called to issue a declaration for woman suffrage and educational and employment rights
1850- first national convention for women’s rights was held by Lucy Stone
Many societies formed such as The National American Woman Suffrage Association
1919- women’s suffrage bill passed- 19th Amendment of the Constitution

6. CONTRIBUTIONS Angelina Sarah
1835- first published work, a letter fighting slavery published in abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator
1836- An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South
pamphlet encouraging white women in the south to disapprove of Slavery
1837- An Appeal to the Women of the Nominally Free States
1837 (written)- Letters to Catherine Beecher
defended the right to speak publicly for causes such as abolition
1838- first woman to speak before a legislative committee
presenting an antislavery petition to Massachusetts law makers
1836- An Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States
An pamphlet against slavery
****1838- Letters on the Equality of Sexes and the Condition of women
rights of African- Americans and women are the similar
(written with Theodoreand Weld) American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
Quoted Southerners about treatment of slaves, how it was acceptable, and the slave trade itself

7. contributions
Both sisters visited 67 cities on a tour of Northeast to speak for abolitionist movement
Lectured unpopular topics to a public audience
Created heated debates and controversy

8. Effects Gave others the confidence to speak up
Connected anti-slavery and woman’s right
“I know you do not make the laws, but I also know you are the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of those who do; and if you really suppose you can do nothing to overthrow slavery you are greatly mistaken.”-Angelina Grimke, Appeal to the Christian Woman of the South
Educating individuals about anti-slavery and the lack of woman’s rights
Defying the role of a woman
Criticized for their “unnatural” behavior
Great influences for the rights of African-Americans and woman

9. MLA
Secondary:
"Grimke Sisters." Nps.gov. National Park Service, n.d. Web. 15 Mar <
"Rights for Women." Rights for Women. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Apr <
"The Feminist Movement in the United States." The Feminist Movement in the United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Apr <
"Young and Brave: Girls Changing History." Young and Brave: Girls Changing History. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Apr <
Primary:
Grimke, Angelina E. Appeal to the Christian Woman of the South. New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, Print.
Grimké, Sarah Moore. An Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States. New York: n.p., Print.