What Sarah Grimké thinks about family

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American abolitionist and women's rights writer (1792 to 1873); author of Letters on the Equality of the Sexes.

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1. c. 1837–1838

   Our readingMarriage generally lowers a woman, costing her individuality and independent character

   Their wordsWoman, instead of being elevated by her union with man, which might be expected from an alliance with a superior being, is in reality lowered. She generally loses her individuality, her independent character, her moral being.

   ↗Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman (1837-1838)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book