Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman, by Sarah Grimke

Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman was a series of letters written in 1837, in response to a prominent pastor’s letter that reinforced Biblical interpretations supporting women’s subordinate status. Sarah Grimke responded to this letter with scripture, encouraging women to fight back, and take on a motto of "The Lord is my light, and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”