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Angelina Emily Grimké: Now, if I understand the real state of the case, woman’s rights are not the gifts of man--no! nor the gifts of God.

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Now, if I understand the real state of the case, woman’s rights are not the gifts of man--no! nor the gifts of God.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké firmly states that women's rights are not granted by men or God, but are intrinsic.

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