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 * // Lucretia Mott: //**// Women Suffrage //

Lucretia Mott was a woman who fought for women’s rights in America. She was one of the eight women delegates that participated in the World's Anti-Slavery Convention. A lot of men in America did not approve of women being delegates for this convention and were angry. At this convention they mainly discussed Slavery, but this topic led to human rights, and then to the idea of women being seen as equals as well. Even many Anti-Slavery men opposed these women who wanted to have rights, they thought slaves deserved equality but not women. Mott and her fellow members fighting for women rights quoted the Declaration of Independent, which stated all men were created equal, to prove women deserved the same rights as men.
 * Criticisms of American society and Goals they hoped to achieve:**

Mott and her fellow members fighting for women rights quoted the Declaration of Independent, which stated all men were created equal, to prove women deserved the same rights as men. Mott and other women fighting for the cause went to meetings and gave speeches to persuade Americans that women deserved equal rights. Lucretia even went to Town Hall to give a speech on women’s rights, and as she stated in her letter written to Maria Weston she felt people truly listened to and respected her speech.
 * Methods the person or group used to improve American life:**

The group of women fighting for women’s rights was fairly successful, eventually the equal rights amendment was passed in 1852. At first the public harshly opposed the women. For example Mott started preaching about women’s rights and she said she came from a Quaker religious background, but the Quakers quickly denied women’s rights as part of their religion. But as time progressed and more women started to achieve higher schooling and jobs the Americans learned to accept women as equals.
 * Successes the individual or group had in promoting the reform:**

The way the women earned their equality was by finally getting the Congress to make a new amendment to the Bill of Rights saying all men and women were equal. Congress eventually made this amendment because of all the people who started to support the women’s rights. Mott and other women delegates got support by delivering persuasive speeches to other Delegates and at meetings. As word spread through the states of this idea of “women’s rights” more people started to follow and support this idea, making it hard to be ignored. In this time period if a majority tends to follow or agree to an idea then it tended to be passed or added to the Bill of Rights shortly later, considering the people truly ran the nation.
 * Intent to which the goals and methods used by the individual or group were practical in this time period:**

If the Federal government passed the law that women and men had equal rights then it would help the economy. Many of the laborers in the northern factories are migrating to the west for more opportunities, which leaves a lot of needed jobs in the factories. If women had the same rights as men they would be willing to take these positions that needed to be filled in the manufacturing industries. Women don’t want these jobs now because they don’t pay enough, but giving women the same pay as men would make them jump at the opportunity to take these jobs in factories.
 * Ways in which you think that the federal government, specifically the president, could advance the goals of your movement:**


 * Two references:**
 * 1) __Eliabeth Cady Stanton:__ Stanton and Mott worked very closely together to establish women’s rights. They first discussed and thought of the idea of a women’s rights movement; they modeled it off of the Anti-Slavery Movement they were also involved in. Mott and Stanton were the two main people to lead the women’s rights movement.
 * 2) __Susan B. Anthony:__ Mott and Anthony worked together to create the American Equal Rights Association. They both fought for equal rights and were determined to have a county of freemen and women. Together they reached out to Kansas to get the popular vote for Black suffrage, and Women suffrage.

**Works Cited** “Letter from Lucretia Mott to Maria Weston Chapman.” //Keele University.// n.p., 4 October 2011. Web. 4 October 2011. 

"Lucretia Mott." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.// Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 29 June 2011. Web. 4 October 2011. .

“Lucretia Mott's Diary.” //Assumption College: A Catholic College founded by the Augustinians of the Assumption .// n.p., n.d. Web. 4 October 2011. 