https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7 APUSHI Reform Movements Project en-us 2021-01-07 01:28:38 UTC 2025-09-24 09:26:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1061615463 2021-01-07 01:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1061615463 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1061616953

Born: February 20, 1805

Died: October 26, 1879

Married: Theodore Weld (4 kids together)

Education: Some law as well as literacy and social arts

]]> 2021-01-07 01:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1061616953 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1061620655 Wrote writing many writing pieces advocating against slavery as well as advocating for women's rights. The sister's mostly stood up for women's rights specifically to be able to be in the public eye and have jobs which are stereotypically "men's"]]> 2021-01-07 01:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1061620655 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1061629548 2021-01-07 01:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1061629548 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064088844 2021-01-07 17:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064088844 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064105465 2021-01-07 17:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064105465 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064114207 2021-01-07 17:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064114207 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064135471 Sarah and Angelina were born to a wealthy slave owning family living in South Carolina. Being submersed in a culture with slaves drove both girls to disapprove of the practice. ]]> 2021-01-07 17:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064135471 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064167013

Born: November 26, 1792

Died: December 23, 1873

Education: Some law as well as literacy and social arts

]]> 2021-01-07 17:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064167013 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064194132 2021-01-07 17:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064194132 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064199024 2021-01-07 17:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064199024 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064213574 Sarah and her father went to Philadelphia in efforts to treat her father's unknown illness. In Philadelphia, Sarah met the quaker people and became interested in their culture. 5 years later, her father died and Sarah moved to Philadelphia and immersed herself in the culture and biblical studies. Influenced by Sarah's move, Angelina moved to Philadelphia as well and joined the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. ]]> 2021-01-07 17:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1064213574 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065511611 Angelina wrote a letter to William Lloyd Garrison (an abolitionist) where she denounced slavery and encouraged his continuation for the cause. Garrison published this letter in his newspaper, The Liberator.]]> 2021-01-07 23:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065511611 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065515244 Link to read the whole text written by Angelina Grimke which she sent to William Lloyd Garrison]]> 2021-01-07 23:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065515244 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065526570 A woman named Catharine Beecher, an advocate for education for women, warned that when women have an attitude of combatant then they are taken out of the women's hemisphere. "Throws women into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others took her out of the 'woman's sphere'." Beecher believed that while women should have the right to equal education, they belonged at home and in the classroom.

]]> 2021-01-07 23:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065526570 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065535451 Angelina wrote that most women believe that because they have no voting rights, that they are unable to make a difference in slavery laws. She opposes these thoughts and includes  4 different ways women can partake in overthrowing slavery. She expresses that some women are wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters of men who hold powerful positions in the government. She states that reading about , praying for the abolishment, speaking for the end, and acting on slavery were ways for women to participate in the war against slavery.]]> 2021-01-07 23:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065535451 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065539425 2021-01-07 23:51:08 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1065539425 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067859377 2021-01-08 17:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067859377 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067874359 Once the sisters began preaching to a large population, controversy began. There had only been two other women previous to the sisters who had spoken out to the public. These women were harassed after doing so. Clergymen wrote that women taking the place of a man in power turns her character into unnatural. when a woman "assumed the place and tone of man as a public reformer . . . her character becomes unnatural."]]> 2021-01-08 17:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067874359 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067891232 Sarah wrote the Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States which opposed the popular belief that slavery originated and was authorized by the bible. Sarah had began studying biblical studies when she moved to Philadelphia. She used her knowledge to write this essay where she denounces slavery in the bible. ]]> 2021-01-08 17:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067891232 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067923682 Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States by Sarah Grimke- link to read full text]]> 2021-01-08 17:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067923682 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067946630 Sarah published writings about women's rights which ultimately lead to a book. In Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women she expresses that women naturally have rights which have been taken away by men. She asks that men stop this suppression of rights connecting the act to men's feet on the necks of women. She asks that they step off the necks of the females so they are able to stand upright on ground that god gave them access to]]> 2021-01-08 17:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067946630 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067956599 Sarah Grimke's Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women. This link gives access to all 128 pages of this book. ]]> 2021-01-08 17:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067956599 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067963090 John Grimke was a public figure in South Carolina which contained a large slave population. John himself owned multiple plantations worked by slaves which was the drive for his daughters Angelina and Sarah to become activists against slavery and for the rights of women. ]]> 2021-01-08 17:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067963090 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067975211 After the sisters started writing about their beliefs, copies were burned in South Carolina and the sister's where threatened that if they ever came back, they would be imprisoned.]]> 2021-01-08 17:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1067975211 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1068006121 Full text of newspaper, the Liberator. Angelina then wrote "]]> 2021-01-08 17:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1068006121 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072022802 The sisters were prominent authors who condemned slavery as well as introduced the idea that women could have jobs that were seen as mens jobs only. They were two of the first women to speak out publicly about their beliefs. ]]> 2021-01-10 19:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072022802 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072026957 Angelina became the first woman to stand up in front of a legislative body in Massachusetts. She went with a petition signed by 20,000 women. Later that year, the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women was held in Philadelphia which Angelina attended.]]> 2021-01-10 19:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072026957 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072028702 Red-Angelina
Blue- Sarah
Purple- both 
Green- Motives/ Extra Information
Yellow-Modern Day Connection
White- Writings]]> 2021-01-10 19:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072028702 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072031920 After Angelina's marriage to Theodore Weld, another abolitionist, both her and her sister retired from being public reformers. Sarah moved in with Angelina and helped to care for her 4 children. 

]]> 2021-01-10 19:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072031920 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072036363 Kamala Harris is a modern day figure who relates to the Grimke Sisters through being the first women in the United States of America to become vice president, a job stereotypically and historically seen as a man's job. In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden and his elected vice president Kamala Harris were voted into office. Kamala Harris is the first women in America to have this job which was previously only a man's job. The Grimke sisters fought for the rights of women to be able to speak publicly and freely about their beliefs as well as do a job that is "only for a man". The work of these sister was a stepping stone to a future where a women can be vice president. ]]> 2021-01-10 19:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072036363 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072049195 During the Grimke Sister's time, women were discriminated against and where unable to share their ideas and beliefs especially in the public eye. Women did not have important law making jobs, most didn't have any jobs at all. The sister's careers originally started by writing for the abolition of slavery which was a popular practice during their lifetime. ]]> 2021-01-10 20:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072049195 23005782_2 https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072559396 2021-01-11 02:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/23005782_2/2u0b4t15qlesvlm7/wish/1072559396