All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to his sensual pleasures, to be instrumental in promoting his comfort; but never has he desired to… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
Girls study under the paralyzing idea that their acquirements cannot be brought into practical use. They may subserve the purposes of promoting individual domestic pleasure and social enjoyment in conversation, but what are they in comparison with the grand stimulation… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
I want my sex to claim nothing from their brethren but what their brethren may justly claim from them. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
Fashionable women regard themselves, and are regarded by men, as pretty toys or as mere instruments of pleasure; and the vacuity of mind, the… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
An idea built the wall of separation between the sexes, and an idea will crumble it to dust. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
Is it not clear that to give to such women as desire it and can devote themselves to literary and scientific pursuits all the… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
All history attests that man has subjected woman to his will, used her as a means to promote his selfish gratification, to minister to… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
[Women] are early taught that to appear to yield is the only way to govern. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
whatsoever it is morally right for a man to do, it is morally right for a woman to do. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
I am persuaded that the rights of woman, like the rights of slaves, need only be examined to be understood and asserted. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
If the minds of women were enlightened and improved, the domestic work would be more frequently refreshed by intelligent conversation, a means of edification… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
[On the New Testament:] I ... must enter my protest against the false translation of some passages by the men who did that work,… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
I ask no favors for my sex, I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is that they will… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
The reason why women effect so little and are so shallow is because their aims are low, marriage is the prize for which they… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
Good and evil, as we term them, are not antagonistic; they are ever found hand in hand. Humanity has never achieved a single conquest… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
[On the Adam and Eve story:] They both fell from innocence, and consequently from happiness, but not from equality. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share
