Each day of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating remarkable women on Facebook. Today’s Women’s History Month Profile is Lucretia Mott (b. 1793-1880). Born in Massachusetts, Ms. Mott attended the Nine Partners Boarding School and became a Quaker minister. She was an active member of both the American Anti-Slavery Society and the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, protesting injustices against around the country. Mott was also a strong advocate for women’s rights. In 1848, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she organized the Seneca Falls Convention, credited as one of the most influential civil rights gatherings of the nineteenth century. In 1864, she was involved in the creation of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. In 1866 she became the first president of the American Equal Rights Association and published Discourse on Women. Late in life, when asked about her achievements, she said women’s right’s was “the most important question” of her life.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 19:38:39 +0000
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