Some of her best friends protested [Grimké speaking in mixed gatherings of men and women]. It was not "proper," nor "right," for a woman to attempt to instruct a man. But Angelia Grimke had gone far beyond the point where propriety weighted when it was a question of humanity. She held that "Whatever is morally right for a man to do is morally right for a woman to do. I recognize no rights but human rights."

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Some of her best friends protested [Grimké speaking in mixed gatherings of men and women]. It was not "proper," nor "right," for a woman to attempt to instruct a man. But Angelia Grimke had gone far beyond the point where propriety weighted when it was a question of humanity. She held that "Whatever is morally right for a man to do is morally right for a woman to do. I recognize no rights but human rights."" in the context of "Ida Tarbell, as quoted in Squire, Belle (1911), The Woman Movement in America: A Short Account of the Struggle for Equal Rights, page: 71-2, publisher: A. C. McClurg & Company" to mean that wisdom is timeless.