Angelina Emily Grimké: “They were not willing to be governed by laws which they had no voice…”

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They were not willing to be governed by laws which they had no voice in making; but this is the way in which women are governed in this Republic.

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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké highlights the hypocrisy of governing women without their consent, similar to the colonial experience.

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Angelina Emily Grimké: “They were not willing to be governed by laws which they had no voice in making; but this is the way in which women are…”