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Angelina Emily Grimké: The fallacious doctrine of male and female virtues has well nigh ruined all that is morally great and lovely in his…

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The fallacious doctrine of male and female virtues has well nigh ruined all that is morally great and lovely in his character: he has been quite as deep a sufferer by it as woman, though mostly in different respects and by other processes.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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She critiques the damaging effects of gendered virtues on both men and women.

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