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Angelina Emily Grimké: “I greatly fear that thy book might have been written just as well, hadst thou not had the heart of a woman.”

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I greatly fear that thy book might have been written just as well, hadst thou not had the heart of a woman.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

Editor's note · Context

Grimké expresses concern that Beecher's writing lacks the emotional depth expected from a woman.

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