James Mott was one of the men that helped with the convention. He was involved in many of the same events and convention as Lucretia Mott was involved in. He was a Quaker leader, educator and a businessman. Mott supported and became active in the anti-slavery movement and women’s rights. He became a teacher at Nine Partners School in Poughkeepsie, New York as his father was the superintendent. He met his wife named Lucretia Coffin Mott who was a student and then became a teacher’s aide. He became a partner in a nail firm in Philadelphia that Lucretia’s father had set up. In 1822, he became a textile merchant that sold cotton cloth. He and his wife formed the Philadelphia Free Produce Society. He and his wife planned and host the First Women’s
