"In all this sublime description of the creation of man, (which is a generic term including man and woman,) there is not one particle of difference intimated as existing between them. They were both made in the image of God; dominion was given to both over every other creature, but not over each other."

Cover plus two pages from Letter IX, Heroism of Women | Letters on the Equality of the Sexes Addressed to Mary S. Parker by Sarah M. Grimké

Peabody Essex Museum |

Sarah grew up Episcopalian, but avidly studied Quakerism. Her abolitionism and feminism were Christian-based. In her many speeches and writings, Sarah offered brilliant reinterpretations of the Bible that read the holy book as the basis for equal rights + social justice ~ maybe it is a dangerous book for women to read after all...

Leon Books | public domain |