Mott, Lucretia to Wright, Martha, Roadside, 1870 7mo 16
Scope and Contents
4 pages. Lucretia Mott letter to Martha Coffin Wright. Written from Roadside. Lucretia Mott writes that she has been invited by Paulina Wright Davis to the Second Decade Convention in Philadelphia, but she feels she cannot go. She alludes to the tensions between the Boston suffragists and the New York suffragists and feels that Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton would "do well to confine themselves to lecturing and holding independent conventions where they can be got up well - and let Boston do all the good it can with the able speakers and excellent Journal." She also mentions a "marriage and divorce law" that is "undergoing severe review."
Subjects: Women's rights; Women--Suffrage; Davis, Paulina W., 1813-1876; Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906; Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902; Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893; Grew, Mary, 1813-1896; Woman's journal (Boston, Mass. : 1870); Women social reformers
Relevant locations: Cheltenham (Pa.)
Dates
- Creation: 1870 7mo 16
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
1 L
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