Angelina Grimke Quotes


I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.


Citations

Grimké, Angelina Emily. Appeal to the Christian Women of the South. American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836, p. 17.

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Angelina Grimke
Angelina Grimke
  • Born: February 20, 1805
  • Died: October 26, 1879
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician, Abolitionist, Suffragist

Angelina Emily Grimké Weld was an American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. She and her sister Sarah Moore Grimké are the only white Southern women who became abolitionists. The sisters lived together as adults, while Angelina was the wife of abolitionist leader Theodore Dwight Weld.