Angelina Grimke and the Abolitionist Movement

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The paper describes how Angelina Grimke, together with her sister Sarah Grimke, attracted both negative and positive attention through her pamphlets, newspaper articles, speeches and letters on the abolishment of slavery. The paper then relates that Grimke's historical significance is two fold; Angelina Grimke impacted the abolitionist movement but she can also be identified as an early founder of today's feminist movement.

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"Contemporary feminists in the United States can trace their roots back, in part, to the early abolitionist movement of the 1830's. In pre-civil war society it was not socially acceptable for women to speak out on contentious social issues in public. A few women, while advocating the abolitionist cause, found themselves in roles, which can be identified as one of the origins of today's feminist movement. While speaking out against slavery, some of these women found themselves in situations whereby they were forced to break societal norms. One of these early mavericks was a young woman by the name of Angeline E. Grimke."

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• Ceplair, Larry, ed. "Sarah Grimke and Angelina Grimke Wel." Sunshine for Women. 1989. RAWA. 7 Oct. 2008 http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2000/grimke4.html>.
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