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Sarah Grimke

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Profession
Activist
Died
Dec 23, 1873
Zodiac
Sagittarius
Born in
South Carolina
About
American women's rights activist, abolitionist, and writer whose activism and writings inspired such famous suffragists as Lucy Stone and Lucretia Mott. She published her famous essay, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women, in 1837.
Family
She was one of four children born to judge and plantation owner, John Faucheraud Grimke, and his wife, Mary. She was the sister of fellow activist Angelina Grimke.

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