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Grimké (1837-1914) hailed from a triumvirate of intellectual and abolitionist families: born into the prestigious Forten family, she later married into the equally renowned Grimké family, and shared familial ties with the influential Purvis family. She was an activist, educator, and a diarist whose published works gave rare insight into the life and perspective of a free Black woman in the North, pre-civil war.
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➢Charlotte Vandine Forten (Paternal Grandmother, co-founder of Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society);
➢James Forten (Paternal Grandfather);
➢Harriet Forten Purvis (paternal aunt);
➢Margaretta Forten (paternal aunt);
➢Sara Louise Forten Purvis (paternal aunt);
➢Sarah and Angelina Grimké (husband’s paternal aunts);
➢Archibald Grimké (husband’s brother);
➢Angelina Weld Grimké (Niece, Archibald Grimké’s daughter)
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Anna Julia Cooper (close personal friend and collaborator)
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