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I agree with Kristina about the way Sarah Grimke spoke to the clergy. She was not afraid to ask the hard questions, the ones she knew she was justified in asking, such s "how monstrous is the doctrine that woman is to be dependent on man? Where in all the sacred scriptures is this taught?" Grimke speaks out on eveyrthing she finds wrong with the clergy in relation to women's rights. I think I mostly enjoyed her last sentence, "But no where does Godsay that he made any disntinction between us as moral and intelligent beings." I feel like that was almost a slap in the face to the clergy, because in one sentence, she was able to assert female intelligence over that of men, and it came across as an insult. I was glad to see someone could be courageous and speak up, without being afraid. Grimke did her research, and had evidence to back up what she was arguing. ---- Alex Mankarios | I agree with Kristina about the way Sarah Grimke spoke to the clergy. She was not afraid to ask the hard questions, the ones she knew she was justified in asking, such s "how monstrous is the doctrine that woman is to be dependent on man? Where in all the sacred scriptures is this taught?" Grimke speaks out on eveyrthing she finds wrong with the clergy in relation to women's rights. I think I mostly enjoyed her last sentence, "But no where does Godsay that he made any disntinction between us as moral and intelligent beings." I feel like that was almost a slap in the face to the clergy, because in one sentence, she was able to assert female intelligence over that of men, and it came across as an insult. I was glad to see someone could be courageous and speak up, without being afraid. Grimke did her research, and had evidence to back up what she was arguing. ---- Alex Mankarios | ||
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| + | I also thought it was pretty clever and creative use the clergy's own source of validation [the Bible] against them. By doing so, they could not counter-argue her claims, because if they claimed what she said was wrong, then they in fact would be going against the Bible. So it was smart for her to do that. It was also a good move how she conceded to the physical inferiority--because it almost sounded like a compromise. It showed her opposition that she was rational at the least, and could concede the obvious, which I think would help her plight in the long run. --Mary Turner | ||
| + | ~~side note: I happen to come across some interesting info about the Grimke family. The father of the Grimke sisters, Henry Grimke, had fathered three African American children with his servent Nancy Weston. He later moved in with Nancy and helped raise her sons. One of which was Archibald Grimke--one of the founders of the NAACP. Apparently the Grimke sisters has helped their younger half brother get an education, which led him to follow in their footsteps as a civil rights activist. I thought it was really cool that their whole family, which was blended, all contributed to the civil rights cause. (Mary) | ||
== Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls, 1848 (written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton) == | == Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls, 1848 (written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton) == | ||
