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Lucretia Mott

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Dates: January 3, 1793 - November 11, 1880
 

Childhood/Youth:

  • Birthplace: Nantucket, Massachusetts
  • Parents: Anna Folger and Thomas Coffin
  • Siblings: 2nd out of 7
  • Class Status: Quaker
  • Education: Nine Partners Quaker School
  • Realization: through her studies she came to realize that female teachers were paid half as much as male teachers, which was the beginning of her interest in Women's Rights

Marriage/Family:

  • Spouse: James Mott (teacher), was an activist alongside his wife in the abolishment of slavery
  • Marriage Year: 1811
  • Children: 6
  • Occupation: Teacher, Quaker Minister, Abolitionist, Suffragist, and the peacemaker between the women leaders
  • Thoughts on Divorce: she didn't agree that divorce should be easy to obtain, which is where shhe differed in opinions with Stanton

Women's Rights Movements:

  • 1848: Mott and Stanton organized the first Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York
  • 1850: Mott wrote "Discourse on Woman"
  • 1850: Mott organized the convention for women's rights in Rochester, New York
  • 1866: Mott became the first President of the American Equal Rights Association after helping to establish it
  • 1866: Mott was the leading voice in the founding of the Universal Peace Union

Anti-Slavery Movements:

  • 1821: Mott became famous for her speeches against slavery
  • 1833: Mott and her husband founded the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, after attending the New England Anti-Slavery Society
  • 1837: Mott played a leading role in the Anit-Slavery Convention of American Women
  • 1840: Mott was a speaker at the International Anti-Slavery Convention in London, where she realized she wanted to become more active in Women's Rights
  • 1861-1865: Mott and her husband boycotted products produced by slaves, sheltered runaway slaves, and were still active in the American Anti-Slavery Society
 

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