Angelina Grimke

Civil Rights Leader
BIRTHDAY
February 20,1805
Birthplace
Charleston, SC
Age
Oct 26,1879,age 74
Birth Sign
Pisces
BIRTHDAY
February 20,1805 (age Oct 26,1879,age 74)
Birthplace
Charleston, SC

About

US abolitionist, writer, and women's rights advocate who became their when a letter she sent to William Lloyd Garrison was published in his newspaper.

Before Fame

As confirmed by family letters and diaries, she was described as the most self-righteous, curious and self-assured of all her siblings as a child.

Trivia

She was a very rebellious and curious young woman, and at age thirteen she refused to say the required pledge during her confirmation in the Episcopalian Church.

Family Life

Her sister Sarah Grimke was also a women's rights activist. She married Theodore Weld in 1838 in Philadelphia.

Associated With

She is a their abolitionist much like Harriet Beecher Stowe.