Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman

Title

Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman

Creator

Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873

Date

1838

Subject

Women's rights--United States

Women--Social conditions

Type

text

Language

English

Place of Issue

Boston (Mass.)

Genre

Essays

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Call number

2

HQ1423 .G86

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

Label text

Sarah Grimke. Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman (Boston, 1838). First edition. Women became as active in the abolitionist cause as they had been in benevolent work. Their activities on behalf of the slave were much more public, however, and included petitioning and public speaking. In this famous tract, the South Carolinian Sarah Grimke‚ defended the right of women to speak in public in defense of a moral cause since both "<i>men and woman were created equal; they are both moral and accountable beings, and whatever is right for man to do, is right for woman.</i>"

Collection

Rare Book Collection (UR-RBSCP)

Citation

Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873, “Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed March 12, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/528.

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