The role of writers and women in society has changed dramatically over the last two centuries. The women's movement and women writers worked side by side to pursue equality for women and to bring their issues to the forefront of the nation. Writers like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sarah Moore Grimké, Angelina Grimké Weld, Harriet Jacobs, and Sojourner Truth help bring to light the sensitive issues that need to be addressed in the women's rights movement. Angelina Grimké Weld, in her Appeal to Southern Christian Women, says, "It is through tongue, pen, and print that truth is chiefly propagated" (1948). Weld is well aware of the power and influence the writer has on her audience. The women writers certainly had a substantial influence because they encouraged a movement that is still being fought for today. The typical 19th century woman wore many roles, but her roles were limited to domestic ones. Most were wives, mothers, caregivers and housekeepers. Women were considered property and were limited in their rights as individuals. Because of their limited roles, many women began to feel betrayed, so a voice began to emerge among women writers bringing the discontent women felt to the public's attention. At the forefront of the women's movement was Elizabeth Cady Stanton who expresses her feelings well in Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences: The general discontent I felt with the role of women as wife, mother, housekeeper, doctor and spiritual leader, the chaotic conditions in which they find themselves all fell apart without his constant supervision, and the tired and anxious look of most of the women impressed me with the strong feeling that some active measures... middle of paper... Paul Lauter , et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. 1839-1863.Lauter, Paul, et al., eds. Heath's Anthology of American Literature. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. “Declaration of Feelings.” Heath's Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter, et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. 2035-37.--- Eighty Years and Older: Reminiscences. Heath's Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter, et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. 2033-35.Weld, Angelina Grimké. Appeal to Southern Christian Women. Heath's Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter, et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.1946-1953.--- "Letters to Catherine Beecher." Heath's Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter, et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. 1954.