Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879

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Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (born February 20, 1805, Charleston, South Carolina – died October 26, 1879, Hyde Park, Massachusetts), American abolitionist, political activist, women's rights advocate, and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. At one point she was the best known, or "most notorious," woman in the country. She and her sister, Sarah Moore Grimké, were considered the only notable examples of white Southern women abolitionists. The sisters lived together as adults, while Angelina was the wife of abolitionist leader Theodore Dwight Weld.
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referencedIn Frothingham, Richard, 1812-1880. Richard Frothingham papers II, 1685-1895. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Slavery Collection, 1709-1864. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Hazzard, Florence Woolsey, 1903-1992. Papers, 1819-1976 (bulk: 1925-1965) Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Slavery/Anti-Slavery Collection MS 390., 1791-1968 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Hazzard, Florence Woolsey, 1903-1992. Papers, 1819-1976 (bulk: 1925-1965) Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Lerner, Gerda, 1920-. Papers, 1941-2001 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sophia Smith Collection. Slavery/anti-slavery collection, 1791-1968 (bulk 1830-1954). Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn McDowell family. Papers, 1792-1950. New Jersey Historical Society Library
creatorOf Ladd, William, 1778-1841. Papers, 1798-1849. Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum
creatorOf Grimké, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879. Letters from Angelica and Sarah Grimké [manuscript], 1838. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Women's Rights Collection, 1789-2000 (bulk: 1864-1983) Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Cadbury, Richard, 1825-1897. Morris-Shinn-Maier collection, 1720-1975. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838. Bowditch Family Papers, 1712-1927. Peabody Essex Museum
referencedIn Carey, Mary L. ALS, 1838 April 18 : Charlestown (Mass.) to "Dear Friends" / Mary. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Slavery Collection, 1709-1899 New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Wood, M. S. (Mary Sutton), 1805-1894. Wood Family Papers, 1784-1874. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
creatorOf Weld family. Weld-Grimké family papers, 1740-1930, bulk 1825-1893. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Lindseth collection of American woman suffrage, [ca. 1820-1920]. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895. Letters, 1880-1890 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Western Anti-slavery Society. Records of the Western Anti-slavery Society, 1834-1858. Library of Congress
referencedIn Rothman, Ellen K., 1950-. "Intimate acquaintance" : courtship and the transition to marriage in America, 1770-1900. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Women's rights collection, 1789-2000 (bulk: 1864-1983) Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873. Grimke, Sarah Moore, papers, 1825-1874. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874. Papers, 1762-1962 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013. Papers, 1950-1995 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn South Carolina's first advocates for human equality : [typescript] ; [2001] : Sarah Moore Grimke (1792-1873) [and] Angelina Emily Grimke Weld (1805-1879). University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Autograph file: S-Z, [ca. 1800]-1983. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Lindseth, Jon A.,. Lindseth collection of American woman suffrage, [ca. 1820-1920]. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Mrs. Frank S. Churchill portrait collection of abolitionists, [18--]. Houghton Library
referencedIn Wyman, Lillie Buffum Chace, 1847-1929. Letter, 1926, September 17, Newtonville, Massachusetts, to Harry Lyman Koopman. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874. Gerrit Smith correspondence, 1840-1873. Library of Congress
referencedIn Lerner, Gerda, 1920-. The Grimke sisters from South Carolina : rebels against slavery : proofs, 1967. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Weld-Grimké family papers 1740-1930 1825-1893 Weld-Grimké family papers William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Women's Project of New Jersey. Records, 1984-2004 Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Dissertation, 1980 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Hazzard, Florence Woolsey, 1903-1992. Papers, 1940-1950 Smith College, Neilson Library
creatorOf Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Letter, 1837 August 14, [New York], to "My Dear Sisters" [Sarah M. and A.E. Grimké] / Jn. G Whittier. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858. Ellis Gray Loring Family papers, 1828-1923 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn WEPR-FM (Radio station : Greenville, S.C.). Women themselves : women's history sketches for a radio series, 1979-1980 (bulk 1979). Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library
referencedIn Gioffre, Marisa. Bread and roses : a documentary play with music on the history of American women from the 19th century to the present : typescript, 1975. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn Hazzard, Florence Woolsey, 1903-1992. Papers, 1940-1950 Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Lerner, Gerda, 1920-2013. Papers, 1950-1995 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Sarah Stone Autograph Collection, 1720-1962 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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associatedWith Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838. person
associatedWith Carey, Mary L. person
associatedWith Churchill, Frank S., Mrs., collector. person
associatedWith Ellen Kate Rothman, 1950- person
associatedWith Frothingham, Richard, 1812-1880. person
associatedWith GERDA LERNER, 1920- person
associatedWith Gioffre, Marisa. person
associatedWith Grimké family family
associatedWith Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873. person
associatedWith Hazzard, Florence W. (Florence Woolsey) person
associatedWith Hazzard, Florence Woolsey, 1903-1992 person
associatedWith Jon A., Lindseth person
associatedWith Ladd, William, 1778-1841. person
associatedWith Lerner, Gerda, 1920- person
associatedWith Lindseth, Jon A., person
associatedWith Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858. person
associatedWith McDowell family. family
associatedWith Rothman, Ellen K., 1950- person
correspondedWith Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874. person
associatedWith Stone, Sarah, fl. 1840 person
associatedWith Stone, Sarah, fl. 1840. person
associatedWith Vassar College. corporateBody
associatedWith Weld family family
associatedWith Weld family. family
spouseOf Weld, Theodore Dwight, 1803-1895. person
associatedWith WEPR-FM (Radio station : Greenville, S.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Western Anti-slavery Society. corporateBody
correspondedWith Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. person
associatedWith Women's Project of New Jersey corporateBody
associatedWith Wood, M. S. (Mary Sutton), 1805-1894. person
associatedWith Wyman, Lillie Buffum Chace, 1847-1929. person
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Abolitionists
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Birth 1805-02-20

Death 1879-10-26

Birth 1805

Death 1879

Americans

English

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