From Grimké's Pastorial Letter, as quoted in Browne, Stephen H. (1 January 2012), Angelina Grimke: Rhetoric, Identity, and the Radical Imagination, page: 128, publisher: MSU Press, ISBN: 978-0-87013-897-3
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The time to assert a right is the time when that right is denied.
— 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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