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I really find it interesting that Grimke sympathizes with the colored woman so much. Seeing as how Grimke grew up in a household with many slaves, I wonder what was the turning point in her life that made her sympathizes with the slaves so much. --Virginia Stratton | I really find it interesting that Grimke sympathizes with the colored woman so much. Seeing as how Grimke grew up in a household with many slaves, I wonder what was the turning point in her life that made her sympathizes with the slaves so much. --Virginia Stratton | ||
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| + | I found that this still describes a lot of the way women are still thought of today. It's true, we've come a lot further, but in some ways, especially within the church, I find that women are still expected to drop their lives to take care of their family. This is nothing I object to. I mean, It's a great way to instill in your own morals into your kids. What I object to is the attitude that if you choose to work, you are a lesser woman. The church I used to go to is made up of literally 6 families, all of which have more than 6 kids, and all of which the women do not work and have a main job of taking care of their kids. As the teenage girls get older, no one cares about their schooling. Many don't even go to college or anything. It is more exciting and honorable to find a husband, even at the age of 18. And I found it so interesting that Sarah Grimke's letter would be so applicable even in today's society, after so much progress had been made among women for equality. --Jessica | ||
== Elijah Lovejoy and the Anti-abolitionist Mob, letter to a friend, 1837 == | == Elijah Lovejoy and the Anti-abolitionist Mob, letter to a friend, 1837 == | ||
