From "Appeal to the Christian Women of the South," The Anti-Slavery Examiner, September 1836., as quoted in Fred R Shapiro (2006), The Yale Book of Quotations, page: 325, publisher: Yale University Press, ISBN: 0-300-10798-6
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I know you do not make the laws but I also know that you are the wives and mothers, the sisters and daughters of those who do.
— Angelina Grimké
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About Angelina Grimké
Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (February 21, 1805 – October 26, 1879) was an American political activist, women's rights advocate, supporter of the women's suffrage movement, and besides her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, the only known white Southern woman to be a part of the abolition movement. Her partner was the abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld.
About Angelina Grimké
Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (February 21, 1805 – October 26, 1879) was an American political activist, women's rights advocate, supporter of the women's suffrage movement, and besides her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, the only known white Southern woman to be a part of the abolition movement. Her partner was the abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld.
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