Sarah and Angelina Grimké: Women’s History Month, Part 13

Описание: Sarah and Angelina Grimke were among the first women to speak out in public in opposition to slavery. They were condemned for speaking out in public to "promiscuous" audiences; that is, audiences composed of both men and women. This prompted them to speak out more forcefully for equal rights for women. They lived long enough to see slavery abolished and the right of African American men to vote recognized, but universal women's suffrage would not be achieved until 1920, although Jim Crow laws would make it difficult or impossible for African Americans vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Images: Slides 1, 3, and 6: Sarah Moore Grimké (left), Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ61-1608, http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.... and Angelina Emily Grimké (right), ibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ61-1609, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/200... Slide 2: Center for Civic Education and Canva; Slide 4: "Carte-de-visite of women and children in a cotton field," Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Slide 5: The Liberator, Vol. XXVII, No. 23, Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection; Slide 7: "The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th 1870," Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Slide 8: "Sewing stars on suffrage flag," 1920, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-npcc-01204, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/201... Slides 9 and 10: Center for Civic Education and Canva.