History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1849 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Promiscuous Assemblies
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The idea
In eighteen thirty-seven the Grimké sisters toured publicly, speaking on immediate abolition to what were called promiscuous assemblies, meaning mixed-gender audiences.
In practice
Respectable society scandalised, since women lecturing to men was unheard of.
Where people slip
Garrison endorsed them and other abolitionists opposed them, and the reaction pushed women's proper sphere to the front of public debate.
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