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Lucretia Mott (née Coffin; January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She had formed the idea of reforming the position of women in society when she was amongst the women excluded from the World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London in 1840.
Lucretia Coffin Mott was an early feminist activist and strong advocate for ending slavery. A powerful orator, she dedicated her life to speaking out against racial and gender injustice.
Dec 2, 2009 · Lucretia Mott was a 19th‑century feminist activist, abolitionist, social reformer and pacifist who helped launch the women’s rights movement.
Lucretia Mott (born January 3, 1793, Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 11, 1880, near Abington, Pennsylvania) was a pioneer reformer who, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the organized women’s rights movement in the United States.
Apr 4, 2023 · One of eight children born to Quaker parents on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880) dedicated her life to the goal of human equality.
Apr 2, 2014 · Lucretia Mott was a women's rights activist, abolitionist and religious reformer. Mott was strongly opposed to slavery and a supporter of William Lloyd Garrison and his American...
Mott is well known as an educator, an abolitionist, and a pioneer of women’s rights. But what did she have against sugar? Adelaide Johnson, known as the "sculptress of the women's rights movement," made this bust of Lucretia Mott between 1890 and 1920.
Quick Facts. Significance: women's rights activist, suffragist, abolitionist, helped plan the 1848 Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls. Place of Birth: Nantucket, Massachusetts. Date of Birth: January 3, 1793. Place of Death: Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Date of Death: November 11, 1880. Place of Burial: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lucretia Mott, already the most famous white woman abolitionist in America, was present but had been barred from participating in the official convention because of her sex.
Lucretia Mott, née Lucretia Coffin, (born January 3, 1793, Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 11, 1880, near Abington, Pennsylvania), pioneer reformer who, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the organized women’s rights movement in the United States.
