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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