Appeal to the Christian Women of the Southern States.

In 1836, Angelina Grimkey wrote the pamphlet, An Appeal to the Christian Women of the Southern States, and it urged women to work for abolition. It was well received in the north and rejected in the south. She and her sister began to give large lectures on abolition and the sisters were denounced by the church for going beyond women's God given place. "We do not believe women are fit have their own head without masculine direction or control. She is out of her element and a social anomaly". This changed the ideas of the sisters for not only abolition, but for women's rights. She wrote letters that compared the conditions of women and slaves.