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The Grimké sisters were that greatest of rarities , southern abolitionists . Daughters of the assistant chief justice of South Carolina , the Grimké sisters were raised in a typical plantation household .
The Grimké sisters were that greatest of rarities , southern abolitionists . Daughters of the assistant chief justice of South Carolina , the Grimké sisters were raised in a typical plantation household .
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Raised in great poverty on a cotton farm in South Carolina , Mary McLeod Bethune always remained close to her southern country roots , even when she became the first member of her race to head a federal agency . A scholarship student at ...
Raised in great poverty on a cotton farm in South Carolina , Mary McLeod Bethune always remained close to her southern country roots , even when she became the first member of her race to head a federal agency . A scholarship student at ...
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The pre - Civil War alliance between advocates of woman's rights and of abolition had confirmed southern politicians in their opposition to suffrage . To them , female suffrage threatened to bring with it social change , easy divorce ...
The pre - Civil War alliance between advocates of woman's rights and of abolition had confirmed southern politicians in their opposition to suffrage . To them , female suffrage threatened to bring with it social change , easy divorce ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |