"Abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social   reformer, Angelina Grimke (1805-79) was among the first women in   American history to seize the public stage in pursuit of radical social   reform. 'I will lift up my voice like a trumpet,' she proclaimed, 'and   show this people their transgressions.' And when she did lift her voice   in public, on behalf of the public, she found that, in creating   herself, she might transform the world. In the process, Grimke crossed   the wires of race, gender, and power, and produced explosions that lit   up the world of antebellum reform. Among the most remarkable features   of Angelina Grimke's rhetorical career was her ability to stage public   contests for the soul of America--bringing opposing ideas together to   give them voice, depth, and range to create new and more compelling   visions of social change.  Angelina Grimke: Rhetoric, Identity, and the Radical Imagination   is the first full-length study to explore the rhetorical legacy of this   most unusual advocate for human rights. Stephen Browne examines her   epistolary and oratorical art and argues that rhetoric gave Grimke a   means to fashion not only her message but her very identity as a moral   force."

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