Sarah and Angelina Grimke were born into privilege, daughters of an elite Lowcountry family during the peak of Charleston’s prosperity. That’s why the story of their rebellion is so remarkable, and ...

Though not the main subjects of her tour, guide Lee Ann Bain felt Archibald and Francis Grimké were more than deserving of recognition in their own right. The nephews of abolitionists Angelina and ...

Sisters Angelina and Sarah Grimke emerged as prominent figures in the abolition movement. Sisters Angelina and Sarah Grimke, born in South Carolina, emerged as prominent figures in the abolition ...

“The Invention of Wings: A Novel” (Viking), by Sue Monk Kidd Meet Handful, 10 years old, a sewing prodigy and a slave. Meet Sarah, 11 years old, a voracious reader and Handful’s unwitting owner. They ...

Sue Monk Kidd's new novel is a story told by two women whose lives are wrapped together — beginning, against their wills, when they're young girls. One is a slave; the other, her reluctant owner. One ...

“The Invention of Wings” is the fictionalized account of Sarah Grimke, one of the most outspoken abolitionist women in 19th century America. Grimke wrote pamphlets and made speeches against slavery ...

Sue Monk Kidd (“The Secret Life of Bees”) once again explores themes of race and women’s rights in “The Invention of Wings,” a powerful story of rebellion and heroism inspired by real-life ...

“RBG,” a film about the life and work of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, premiered Monday on CNN. The documentary, which aired in theaters over the summer, opens with these words, a feisty feminist ...

With her sweeping third novel, Sue Monk Kidd continues her exploration of female empowerment that began with her memoir "The Dance of the Dissident Daughter" and led to her enormously successful novel ...

Sue Monk Kidd, the author of the best-selling The Secret Life of Bees, takes on both slavery and feminism in her novel The Invention of Wings.... In An Age Of Slavery, Two Women Fight For Their 'Wings ...