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Angelina was born, her parents were Mary and John Grimke.
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Angelina moved to Philadelphia, along with her sister. Where she joined the religious group “society of friends”, in bid to stand up against slavery and discrimination.
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Angelina joined the ‘Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society’ where she actively participated in a dozen meetings which were held to abolish social issue
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Angelina wrote a pamphlet called 'Appeal to the Christian Women of the South' in 1836, talking about how people should use their moral force against slavery.
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Angelina got married to abolitionist Theodore Weld.
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Angelina and her sister Sarah toured New York and New Jersey and other places in order to share their beliefs on women's rights and anti¬slavery.
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Angelina's Anti-¬Slavery speaking career came to an end the night in Philadelphia when the convention hall got burned down due to the Anti-slavery meeting going on and mobs not liking what Angelina had to say about slavery, but she continued writing books and pamphlets.
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Angelina made history because she was the first women to speak in front of a legislative body in the US.
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Angelina then on had a career in teaching at schools established by her husband.
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Angelina Grimke died because she became paralyzed from the amount of strokes she had.
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Angelina Grimke was inducted into the ‘National Hall of Fame.
