Women ought to feel a peculiar sympathy in the colored man's wrong, for, like him, she has been accused of mental inferiority, and denied the privileges of a liberal education.
Angelina GrimkeI trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment.
Angelina GrimkeAre we bereft of citizenship because we are mothers, wives and daughters of a mighty people? Have women no country--no interests staked in public weal--no liabilities in common peril--no partnership in a nation's guilt and shame?
Angelina GrimkeMeasure her rights and duties by the unerring standard of moral beingโฆ and then the truth will be self-evident, that whatever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do. I recognize no rights but human rights โ I know nothing of menโs rights and womenโs rights; for in Christ Jesus, there is neither male nor female. It is my solemn conviction, that, until this principle of equality is recognised and embodied in practice, the Church can do nothing effectual for the permanent reformation of the world.
Angelina Grimke