Sarah and Angelina Grimke became the first female agents of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1837. They grew up on a South Carolina plantation. Their views were very unwelcome at home, so Sarah, then Angelina moved north.
Although both spoke publically and wrote, it became evident that Angelina was a more effective orator than Sarah, and Sarah was better at writing.
These were also the first prominent public figures to proclaim boldly that the current treatment of women was a form of slavery. They linked women’s rights to black slavery, declaring both must be eradicated.