Angelina Weld Grimke Angelina Weld Grimke was a poet, author, and playwright from the Harlem-Renaissance who had significant influence upon society. The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. This slowly turned into a Black cultural mecca throughout the early 20th century, starting in the 1910s and ending in the mid-1930s. Considered by many to be a Golden Age for African American Culture, the movement manifested in literature, music, stage performance and art. Angelina Weld Grimke was able to play a significant role within her different pieces of art. Angelina used her writing to talk about controversial ideas like lesbians, African-Americans, and many more. Angelina was born February 27, 1880, …show more content…
Although everything was alright at first, her parents did end up separated when Aneglina was only three years old. Originally, Angelina lived with her mother, but when she was seven, she went to live with her father and never saw her mother again. Her father was a lawyer and the Executive Director of the National Association of the Advancements of Colored People, this may have given Angelina the confidence to write about these controversial topics. Grimke was quite lucky and was educated at some of the best schools in Massachusetts. In her early 20s, she became an English teacher. One of the places she worked was Dunbar and while at Dunbar she became acquaintances with a group of black women writers. Which is when she began to write about Black life and racism (Angelina Weld Grimke DPLA- Black Women’s Suffrage). Angelina is considered to be the first African American women playwright. Angelina wrote about lesbians and the use of coding and nuance to show queer content in dramas. Like in her story “Rachel” shows how they have become sexual entrepreneurs. Sexual economies are in relation to how different people think, feel, and behave during intercourse or sexually relevant