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Angelina Emily Grimké: “I cannot refrain from pronouncing this sentiment as beneath the dignity of any woman who names the name of Christ.”

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I cannot refrain from pronouncing this sentiment as beneath the dignity of any woman who names the name of Christ.
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké expresses disdain for sentiments that undermine women's dignity in the name of Christianity.

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