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Angelina Emily Grimké: “Such a one loathes such littleness, and turns with disgust from all such silly insipidities.”

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Such a one loathes such littleness, and turns with disgust from all such silly insipidities.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké criticizes trivial behaviors that she believes diminish the seriousness of women's contributions.

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