The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina by Gerda Lerner

The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina by Gerda Lerner

A landmark work of women's history originally published in 1967, Gerda Lerner's best-selling biography of Sarah and Angelina Grimke explores the lives and ideas of the only southern women to become antislavery agents in the North and pioneers for women's rights. This revised and expanded edition includes two new primary documents and an additional essay by Lerner. In a revised introduction Lerner reinterprets her own work nearly forty years later and gives new recognition to the major significance of Sarah Grimke's feminist writings.

"This book has become a classic work of history that illustrates what is now a central premise among historians: that women's lives mattered in creating the social, cultural, and political contours of the pastIn both style and substance, The Grimke Sisters stands out as a model work of history that has inspired a generation of students and scholars. Lerner is truly a master of historical prose." - Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"

Gerda Lerner is author or editor of twelve books in Women's History and one of the preeminent scholars responsible for the rediscovery of the field in the 1960s. A founding member of the National Organization for Women and one of the creators of Women's History Month, she is Robinson-Edwards Professor Emerita of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and visiting professor of history at Duke University. Her latest book isFireweed: A Political Biography.

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ISBN 13	9780807855669
ISBN 10	0807855669
Title	The Grimke Sisters from South Carolina
Author	Gerda Lerner
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Year published	2004-09-30
Number of pages	400
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