Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
Person
Found in 2 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
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
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- Feminists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
- Indigenous rights -- Civil rights 1
- Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
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- Society of Friends -- Education 1
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public Opinion 1
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