Angelina and Sarah GrimkéA) supported Catharine Beecher's efforts to expand political and social rights for women.B) critiqued the prevailing notion of separate spheres for men and women.C) were Pennsylvania-born Quakers whose religion compelled them to oppose slavery.D) publicly defended the virtues of southern paternalism in lectures to southern women.E) delivered many public lectures in which they detailed their escape from slavery.

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Angelina and Sarah GrimkéA)  supported Catharine Beecher's efforts to expand political and social rights for women.B)  critiqued the prevailing notion of separate spheres for men and women.C)  were Pennsylvania-born Quakers whose religion compelled them to oppose slavery.D)  publicly defended the virtues of southern paternalism in lectures to southern women.E)  delivered many public lectures in which they detailed their escape from slavery.

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Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Angelina and Sarah Grimké were notable for their critique of the separate spheres ideology, which posited that men and women should operate in different domains of society, with men in the public sphere and women in the private or domestic sphere. They argued against this notion, advocating for equal rights and opportunities for women, including the right to participate in public speaking and political activism.

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