The Grimke Sisters: Women's Suffrage

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say Women didn’t have as many rights as men throughout history. Women were expected to be wives, mothers, and housekeepers and were always thought of as weaker than men. Throughout my research, I learned about several strong and powerful women. These women weren’t afraid to stand up for what was right and they certainly didn’t hold back their opinions. I also learned that women were actually able to vote throughout many of the colonies in America for a short while. That didn’t last long because soon the constitution was changed and this stopped any women from voting. I read that in the U.S. women’s suffrage became prohibited in 1807. Through my research, I learned that despite the outlawing of women’s suffrage, women became involved with …show more content…
I read that their father had fathered both black and white children. This made the sisters want to stand up for what was right and end slavery. Angelina Grimke Weld became a well known abolitionist. She was also a pioneer lecturer and author for women’s rights. Sarah Moore was Angelina’s older sister. They both lectured about abolition and women’s rights. Sarah wrote “Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States”, disproving the argument that the Bible agreed with slavery. When Sarah lectured to audiences with different races, it caused disagreements. She wrote a compelling pamphlet called, “Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman”. Angelina joined the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and wrote an abolitionist pamphlet. The pamphlet was called “An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South”. Angelina also wrote a series of letters on the subject in the abolitionist Liberator. Sarah and Angelina’s lectures and writing on abolition and woman’s rights motivated Lucy Stone, Lucretia Mott, and others to become involved in both causes. Their lectures made them stand out and that gave them the opportunity to be in the middle of the women’s rights debate. They were generating criticism from ministers against their behavior. They weren’t acting in a way that men expected women to act. Angelina spoke strongly at a Philadelphia antislavery meeting while a group, who later actually
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