Sphère privée, sphère publique et sphère politique: Angelina Emily Grimké (1805-1879) et Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873), deux symboles d’engagement social et de résilience

The Grimké sisters, through their exemplary social commitment and unparalleled resilience, represent a typical example of women who came to feminism through abolitionism. These examples are especially remarkable considering their backgrounds. Our study focuses on how the Grimké sisters, drawing on their daily lives and personal experiences, were able to wage intense and courageous lifelong struggles for the abolition of Black slavery and the reconsideration of the place and role of women in American society. Their political career was all too short. But, with fascinating resilience, they were among the very first women to seriously analyze women’s oppression, even though most of their arguments were based on the Bible. They violently condemned patriarchy and made women feel the bonds that united them.