Sarah Moore Grimke was born November 26, 1792. She was born in South Carolina to John and Mary Grimke. She was the sixth of fourteen children and the second daughter. Her family was wealthy because John Grimke was a planter, attorney, and judge in South Carolina. In her early life she was kept from learning despite of her high intelligence. She was prevented from obtaining a higher education and pursuing her dream of becoming an attorney. However she did receive some education by private tutors but was taught basic things such as French, Geography, History, and Math. Sarah developed relationships with the slaves that was unsettling to her parents. Just as in the novel, Sarah taught her personal slave Hetty to read and write. However her father figured out that Sarah was teaching Hetty and the punishment that Sarah was not aloud in…show more content… The two sisters also believed that women's rights were as important as abolishing slavery. The two sisters were attacked because of their views. Even other abolitionists attacked them because they considered their ideas “to extreme.” Even in these hardships Sarah still managed to publish “Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women” in the Massachusetts newspaper in 1837. Sarah and Angelina also joined the American Anti-Slavery Society but also faced much criticism because of their public speeches. The sisters spoke to mixed-gender audiences and that was considered unwomanly at the time. In the book “Invention of Wings” Sarah Grimke’s life is shown from when she was around 12 old onwards. In the book Sarah gets Hetty as a present. While Hetty’s life is fantasized quite a bit Sarah’s is not and is represented very well. Sarah teaches Hetty how to read. The author voices Sarah’s thoughts and actions throughout the book and shows her ideas about the abolition of slavery and her ideas of women's
