An interesting review but I don't think the title is really apropos. These two sisters were radical abolitionists way ahead of their time (but not completely in accord with our time) and they were embedded in a culture that "was saturated with sexist Victorian morality, colorism and white ideals of intellect and propriety." If we judge the people of the past by the values of the present we will always find "stains." That the Grimke sisters were able to revolt against this culture in any progressive manner at all should be lauded and a better title for the review would have been "How two early abolitionist sisters fought for women's rights and the abolition of slavery." For their time they were woke even if they appear a little drowsy in this century.
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