Sarah Moore Grimké, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSarah Moore Grimké
American abolitionist
Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1792
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 23-Dec-1873
Profession: feminist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Sarah Moore Grimké
- Sarah Moore Grimké (November 26, 1792 – December 23, 1873) was an American abolitionist, writer, and member of the women's suffrage movement.
- Born and reared in South Carolina to a prominent, wealthy planter family, she moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1820s where she became a Quaker.
- Her younger sister Angelina Grimké joined her there and they both became active in the abolition movement.
- The sisters began to speak on the abolitionist lecture circuit, among a tradition of women who had been speaking in public on political issues since colonial days, including Susanna Wright, Hannah Griffitts, Susan B.
- Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Anna Dickinson.
- They recounted their knowledge of slavery firsthand, urged abolition, and also became lawyers for women's rights.
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