The role of women writers and women in society has changed dramatically over the past two centuries. The women's movement and women writers worked hand in hand to promote women's equality and bring their issues to the forefront of the nation. Writers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sarah Moore Grimké, Angelina Grimké Weld, Harriet Jacobs, and Sojourner Truth help shed light on sensitive issues that need to be addressed in the women's rights movement. Angelina Grimké Weld, in her Appeal to Christian Women of the South, says: “It is through the tongue, the pen and the press that the truth is mainly propagated” (1948). Weld is well aware of the power and influence that the writer exercises over her audience. Women writers certainly had a huge influence because they encouraged a movement that is still being fought for today. The typical 19th century woman played many roles, but her roles were limited to domestic ones. The majority were wives, mothers, caregivers and housekeepers. Women were considered property and their rights as individuals were limited. Due to their limited roles, many women began to feel cheated, so a voice began to emerge among women writers, drawing public attention to the dissatisfaction felt by women. 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 Dissatisfaction I Felt with the Woman's Role as a Wife , mother, housekeeper, doctor and spiritual guide, the chaotic conditions in which everything took place without her constant supervision, and the weary and anxious look of the majority of 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. The Health Anthology of American Literature. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. “Declaration of feelings.” The Health Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. 2035-37.--- Eighty Years and Counting: Reminiscences. The Health Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. 2033-35. Weld, Angelina Grimké. Calling Christian Women of the South. The Health Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998.1946-1953.--- “Letters to Catherine Beecher.” The Health Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. 1954.