Compare And Contrast Murray And Grimke

Judith Sargent Murray and Sarah Grimke were both advocates in search for a change in women’s rights. They had many people that disagreed with their views about women's rights, especially men. Nonetheless, they were brave for standing up to their beliefs on what was better at the time. They were both some of the primary advocates in the women suffrage movement that shaped the rights of women in the past and in the present. Murray and Grimke had many ideas in common although, some differences in their views were present. In the past centuries the equality of women was diminished, most women believed it was irrational of individuals to think the way they did. Judith Sargent Murray explains “ Is indeed a fact, that she hath yielded to

They both came from different families. Murray was from a middle class family. Her primary purpose was the rights of women. She exemplified the world of the enlightenment. She believed they deserved more than what was available to them at the time. Murray’s rationalism is apparent in the argument for women's rights that is mainly concerned with female education. She paid less attention to biblical text. One of her most known achievements were from "The Gleaner" and the early feminist essay. Sarah Grimke came from a prominent planter and slave ownership home. Sarah’s work came fifty years later than Murray’s which there was different movements at the time. The United States was deep in the slaveries religious revival. Grimke did extensive public speaking in opposition to slavery and in favor of women's rights. Her material was heavy in biblical ideas, rationalistic, evangelical plan of human sin and redemption which makes it more like religious philosophy. Grimke accused translators of misinterpreting the text and Murray believed that women had to speak up for their rights. All in all, Murray and Grimke were headed in the same directions in the proceedings in womens