Antislavery and Women’s Rights Leader

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Lucretia Mott (1793-1880)

About Her:

Mott was born Lucretia Coffin on January 3, 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was an outspoken leader of the antislavery and women's rights movements in America. She married James Mott in 1811.

Her family were Quakers, and she became a Quaker minister in 1821. Like many Quakers, Mott was active in the abolitionist movement in the United States before the Civil War. Mott helped found two anti-slavery groups, and was well known for her expressive speeches against slavery.

How did this all start?

In 1840, Mott attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, England with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The men who controlled the convention refused to seat Mott, Stanton, and other women delegates.

Both women were furious when they were not allowed to speak at the meeting. Stanton later went on to say: "We resolved to hold a convention as soon as we returned home, and form a society to advocate the rights of women."

The First Women’s Rights Convention

•The purpose of this Convention was to meet and discuss the issues pertaining to women’s suffrage with religious and social conditions.•The Convention was held in Wesleyan Chapel, at Seneca Falls, N.Y., at 10:00, A.M.,Wednesday July 19th and Thursday July 20th, 1848 .

On the first day…• On the first day of the convention over 300 people attended. Forty of the attendees were men. The women intended on not letting the men participate in the convention , but after taking a vote they decided on letting them take part.•First on the list to discuss was Declaration of Sentiments. For the rest of the afternoon Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton took the stand and spoke.

On the second day… On the second day of the Seneca Falls convention,

ten of the eleven resolutions passed quickly. The resolution on voting, however was a more touchy subject. Elizabeth Cady Stanton continued to defend that resolution. Than a resolution offered by Lucretia Mott passed unanimously.

“The speedy success of our cause depends upon the zealous and untiring efforts of both men and women, for the overthrow of the monopoly of the pulpit, and for securing to women of equal participation with men in the various trades, professions, and commerce.”-Lucretia Mott

In Conclusion

•Congress passed what came to be known as the ‘Susan B. Anthony Amendment’ in 1919. It enfranchised American women nationwide in the form of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

Famous Quotations

“If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?”

If our principles are right, why should we be cowards?

Currier and Ives Cartoon

Currier and Ives drew a cartoon depicting the First Women’s Rights Movement. It displays one women speaking to a assembly of people. The main female in the cartoon represented Lucretia Mott.

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