1. By Kendall Smith and Cooper Kwiatkowski

2.   American antislavery crusaders, women’s rights advocates  Born in S.C. in 1792 (Sarah) and 1805 (Angelina)  Supported abolition, women’s suffrage when young  Raised by slave-owner among 14 children  Father refused to educate them  Girls taught themselves from family library Biography

3.   Moved to P.A., then N.J.  Became Quakers  Lectured about slavery and women’s rights  Expelled from Society of Friends  Ran boarding school  Angelina married abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld  Died 1873 (Sarah) and 1879 (Angelina) in M.A. More Biography

4.   Supported freedom of slaves, suffrage for women  Movements popular in North, hated in South Abolition and Women’s Rights

5.   Angelina wrote letter to William Lloyd Garrison  Published in abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator  Angelina wrote “An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South,” opposing slavery  Sarah wrote “An Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States”  Exposed ministry’s cruelty toward slaves  Toured 67 cities in Northeast Contributions to Women’s Rights and Abolition

6.   Part of American Anti-Slavery society  Addressed small groups of women in private homes  Grew into appearances before large mixed audiences  Angelina wrote “Appeal to the Women of the Nominally Free States”  Angelina wrote “Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman”  Collaborated with Weld on “Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses” More Contributions to Women’s Rights and Abolition

7.   Spread awareness  First women to testify in legislature concerning African-American rights  Angelina first woman to address mixed audience  Sarah wrote nation’s first feminist tract  First public slavery debate between man and woman  Influenced feminist leaders Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Harriet Jane Robinson Effects of Contributions

8.   Grimke, Angelina Emily. "Appeal to the Christian Women of the South." Appeal to the Christian Women of the South (1836): n. pag. Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture. Web. 8 Mar. 2012. http://utc.iath.virgina.edu/abolitn/ abesaegat.html.  Grimke, A. E. "Prejudice." Letters to Catherine E. Beecher, In Reply to An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, Addressed to A. E. Grimke 7 (1838): n. pag. Print. Primary Sources

9.   Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. “Grimké, Sarah (1792-1873) and Grimké, Angelina (1805-1879).” Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. American Women’s history Online. Facts On File, Inc. 7 Mar 2012. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE42&iPin=ELF22 7&SingleRecord=True  “People and Ideas: Angelina and Sarah Grimké.” God in America. WGBH Educational Foundation, 17 10 2010. Web. 7 Mar 2012. http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/angelina-grimke.html  “Sarah Grimké and Angelina Grimké Weld.” Women Working, 1800- 1930. Harvard College, n.d. Web. 7 Mar 2012. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/grimke.html.  “Angelina and Sarah Grimké: Abolitionist Sisters.” History Now. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 2009. Web. 7 03 2012. http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historynow/09_2005/historian3.php Secondary Sources