Sarah Moore Grimké (1792–1873) was a true anomaly. The daughter of a very rich South Carolina plantation owner and lawyer-politician, she began rebelling against her environment at an early age—bringing her father’s anger down on her for teaching some of the slaves how to read. In 1819 her father died, and Grimké moved to Philadelphia and in 1821 joined the Quaker denomination. In partnership with her sister Angelina, Sarah Grimké became active in both the abolitionist and women’s rights causes. In 1837, a letter critical of women’s rights circulating within the General Association of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts came to her attention and so roused her indignation that she wrote this fiery reply for gender equality.