An idea built the wall of separation between the sexes, and an idea will crumble it to dust.
All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to his sensual pl… - Sarah Moore Grimke
All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to his sensual pl…
- Sarah Moore Grimke
Had Adam tenderly reproved his wife, and endeavored to lead her to repentance instead of sharing in her guilt, I should be much more ready to accord … - Sarah Moore Grimke
Had Adam tenderly reproved his wife, and endeavored to lead her to repentance instead of sharing in her guilt, I should be much more ready to accord …
I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion or by bribery. They will not n… - Sarah Moore Grimke
I do deeply deplore, of the sake of the cause, the prevalent notion, that the clergy must be had, either by persuasion or by bribery. They will not n…
whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do. - Sarah Moore Grimke
whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do.
At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline. - Sarah Moore Grimke
At sixty I look back on a life of deep disappointments, of withered hopes, of unlooked for suffering, of severe discipline.
Oh, had I received the education I desired, had I been bred to the profession of the law, I might have been a useful member of society, and instead o… - Sarah Moore Grimke
Oh, had I received the education I desired, had I been bred to the profession of the law, I might have been a useful member of society, and instead o…
I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted. - Sarah Moore Grimke
I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted.
[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality. - Sarah Moore Grimke
[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality.
Intellect is not sexed;... strength of mind is not sexed; and ... our views about the duties of men and the duties of women, the sphere of man and th… - Sarah Moore Grimke
Intellect is not sexed;... strength of mind is not sexed; and ... our views about the duties of men and the duties of women, the sphere of man and th…
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