Mott, Lucretia to Sister, Brooklyn, 1868 1mo 21
Scope and Contents
14 pages. Lucretia Mott writes to her sister Martha Coffin Wright about recent events involving family and friends, including her husband James' health problems. She mentions reading an essay on women's culture from the "Catholic World," likely referring to an essay by Félix Dupanloup titled "Learned Women and Studious Women." She references some divisions within the women's rights movement and states that she will not "put on paper anything of complaint of our loved co-adjutors, till they had had more time for defense and explanation." However, she does note that "Elizabeth Stanton's sympathy for 'Sambo' is very questionable" and that she will not subscribe to the "Revolution" (a newspaper started by Stanton and Susan B. Anthony), calling it "not satisfactory." She talks of plans to withdraw from office despite Lucy Stone's protests. A portion of this letter is written over a letter from Julia Holmes to Lucretia Mott dated October 8, 1867.
Subjects: Mott, James, 1788-1868; Swarthmore College; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902; Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893; Holmes, Julia Anna Archibald, 1838-1887; Philadelphia Female Anti-slavery Society; Women--Suffrage; Homeopathy
Relevant locations: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Dates
- Creation: 1868 1mo 21
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collection is restricted except by permission of the Director or Curator; many of the letters have been published elsewhere or transcribed.
Physical Facet
3 L
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