Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

American Friends' letters

 Collection

Identifier: HC.MC-851

Overview

The collection is composed chiefly of letters of members of the Society of Friends in the United States from the 17th to the 20th centuries; there are also documents, clippings, published articles, and miscellaneous manuscripts.

Dates: 1682-1986

Found in: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Joseph A. and Ruth Dugdale Correspondence

 Collection — Othertype SC-032

Identifier: SFHL-SC-032

Abstract

Correspondence of Dugdale and his wife, Ruth Dugdale, both of whom were active in reform efforts such as the abolition of slavery and women's rights. Correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Garrett, William Lloyd Garrison, James Mott, Lucretia Mott, and Wendell Phillips.

Dates: 1841-1873

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Mott Manuscripts

 Collection

Identifier: SFHL-MSS-035

Overview Lucretia Mott was a prominent Philadelphia Quaker minister and a leader in reform movements, especially antislavery, education, peace, and women's rights. She was born in 1793 in Nantucket, Mass., the daughter of Thomas and Anna Coffin, and educated at Nine Partners Boarding School in Dutchess Co., N.Y. In 1811, she married James Mott and they settled in Philadelphia, Pa. The Motts were active Hicksite Quakers, and Lucretia served as clerk of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and traveled in the...

Dates: 1831-1898

Found in: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Abolitionists -- United States 2

Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends 2

Social reformers -- United States 2

Antislavery movements 1

Antislavery movements -- United States 1

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Business 1

Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- United States 1

Feminism -- United States 1

Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1

Feminists -- United States -- Correspondence 1

Indigenous rights -- Civil rights 1

Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1

Quaker women 1

Quaker women -- United States 1

Quakers -- Pennsylvania 1

Quakers -- United States 1

Slavery 1

Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States 1

Slavery -- United States 1

Social problems -- United States 1

Society of Friends -- Education 1

Society of Friends -- Indian affairs -- History 1

Society of Friends -- Missions -- Japan 1

Society of Friends -- Wilburite controversy 1

Spiritual life -- Society of Friends 1

Spirituality -- Society of Friends 1

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public Opinion 1

Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History 1

Women abolitionists -- United States -- Correspondence 1

Women social reformers -- United States 1

Women's rights -- United States 1

Women's rights -- United States -- History -- Sources 1

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