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=Lucretia Mott=

Date of Birth: January 3, 1793 – Massachusetts

Growing up I was raised in a Quaker community that was thoroughly imbued with women’s rights. Many Quakers and I view slavery as an evil that should be opposed. I strongly believe in the saying, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and //women// are created equal.” With this statement in mind, it is necessary for women to gain more rights including, better employment and educational opportunities and the right to vote. Women and slaves deserve all around better and fair treatment through the efforts of peace and equality.
 * Objective:**

- I was a teacher at the school I had once attended - In 1818 I began serving as Quaker Minister - Reformer: Anti-slavery advocate and women’s rights activist
 * Occupations/Titles:**

- The “Great Separation” of 1827, my husband and I followed Elias Hicks. - I have made many public speeches for abolition throughout my ministry. - I have sheltered many runaway slaves in my home. - I helped to organize women’s abolitionist societies. - In 1840 I was selected as a delegate to the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention in London. - I b egan the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention with Elizabeth Cady Stanton - “Declaration of Sentiments”. - In 1850 I organized the convention for women’s rights held in Rochester, New York.
 * Accomplishments/Involvements:**

- At the age of thirteen I attended a boarding school run by the Quakers.
 * Education:**

1. James Mott --- My husband James and I shared many of the same beliefs as he was also an advocate for women’s rights and anti-slavery. Together him and I formed the Philadelphia Free Produce Society, a store that sold food free of slave labor. James also helped me with the First Women’s Rights Convention, being the chairman.
 * References:**

2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton --- Elizabeth was a friend of mine, also a leader of women’s rights, and anti-slavery. We traveled together to the World Anti-Slavery Convention. When we arrived we were forced, like other women, to sit separately from the men, and not permitted to speak. We decided that when we returned home we would form a society to advocate the rights of women. We did many other things together, such as the Women’s Rights Convention, and American Equal Rights Association.


 * Sources:**

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