“The investigation of the rights of the slave has led me to a better understanding of my own.” (Grimke) I want to start this third primary source with a quote from Angelina herself. She has realized that women also are suffering from their right just like the slaves are. This source is a letter from Angelina Emily Grimke to Catherine E. Beeker on October 2, 1837. These two women are important because Grimke was an abolition whos dad was a wealthy South Carolina Slaveholder. Beecher educated girls and was a daughter of a New England Minster.
Keep in mind that Grimke has a sister named Sarah she wasn't mentioned in the letter. I did some research and “the Grimke sisters were among the first abolitionists to recognize the importance of women’s rights and to speak and write about the cause of female equality.” According to…show more content… She could’de not stress out enough the fact that no one else was getting their right but men. “ … the mere circumstances of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to women....” (Grimke) I believe this is one of my favorite quote from her because she wonders who have the men the right to do everything? She knows that the sex should put the women down they are capable of doing a lot. This whole letter is a fight for women's equality. Further on the letter we come across another quote, “ By this doctrine, man has been converted into the warrior, and clothed with sternness...whilst woman has been taught to...sit as a dollar arrayed in "gold, and pearls, and costly array," to be admired for her personal charms,...” ( Grimke) This quote is a comparison of the male and female, the role of each of them. Basically the man is seen as these “Warriors” well dressed and educated, but on the other hand, the women are taught to obey rules and enjoy their jewelry. The second part of the quotes she states that because of that the man has become selfishness, pride, lust and brutally
