What Sarah Grimké thinks about America
American abolitionist and women's rights writer (1792 to 1873); author of Letters on the Equality of the Sexes.
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2 dated positions, c. 1837–1838, in their own words. Our reading of what Sarah Grimké has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsCan any American woman look at these scenes of shocking licentiousness and cruelty, and fold her hands in apathy, and say, ‘I have nothing to do with slavery’? She cannot and be guiltless.
↗Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman (1837-1838)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book
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Our readingAmerican laws on women were framed for men's benefit and strip women of control of their property
Their wordsThat the laws which have generally been adopted in the United States, for the government of women, have been framed almost entirely for the exclusive benefit of men, and with a design to oppress women, by depriving them of all control over their property, is too manifest to be denied.
↗Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman (1837-1838)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book