Lucretia Mott

important abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell Phillips (“Susan Brownell Anthony”). This influenced her decision of the abolition of slavery. Another major influence in her life was Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. They led the women's rights…

o’clock with the reading of the minutes of the rest of the convention. Elizabeth Cady Stanton gave a speach against accusations of the ¨Lords of Creation,” followed by Thomas M´Clintock reading parts of Blackstone, accentuating women serving men. Lucretia Mott then read a new resolution ¨Resolved, That the speedy success of our cause depends upon the zealous and untiring efforts of both men and women, for the overthrow of the monopoly of the pulpit, and for the securing to woman an equal…

The Fight for Women’s Rights in The United States Inspiration for the fight for women’s right sprouted from the fertile soil of the abolition movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, both abolitionists, attended the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London and found that as women they were barred from the convention floor. The two women thought it outrageous and ironic, because as they were fighting for the equality of African Americans it became clear that women also…

years leading up to 1848 the nation 's laws and traditions upheld the subordination of women, and it was time for a change (McMillen 4). However, women were still being oppressed, and as Elizabeth Cady Stanton said, thought to be made for man. Lucretia Mott was angered when she was consistently denied admittance to many abolitionist groups, and was denied a chair at the World Conference…

During the time of the Civil War, women expanded their roles from being mainly focused on their homes and families to stepping up to help with the war effort for the first time in history. They had new responsibilities and priorities beyond being mothers and wives. Women contributed to the war effort supporting either the Union or Confederate army. Meanwhile in the North, women formed ladies’ aid societies in order to maintain supplies for the Union troops. For example, women provided food for…

“The Myth of Seneca Falls” was written by whom one could assume is a feminist history professor, Lisa Tetrault. Lisa’s book goes into detail about the who’s, what’s, and when’s of the women’s suffrage movement. Despite the fact that we know the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 as the pinnacle of the women’s suffrage movement, Lisa goes to great lengths to remind us not of the myth, but of the truth about the women’s suffrage movement. Anyone who reads “The Myth of Seneca Falls” will immediately…

the fact that women were of property to men. There have also been iconic leaders like Margaret Sanger, born 1879, who was a leader figure in the struggle of women to win control of their own bodies. Other leaders like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, led the first women's rights movement in the United States in 1848, at a convention in Seneca Falls, New York. The nation's first women's rights gathering addressed a wide range of issues involving the unfair treatment of women. There was…

when it was first founded, and those who opposed the rights of women were more than often violent, and would jail, abuse, and taunt the supporters. By 1848, the fight for women’s rights went national. Abolitionists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention addressing women’s rights in…

Women's Rights in the 1920’s and the history of the tremendous fight for equality The roaring twenties was a loud time for probation, gangs, jazz, but the the women’s rights movement roared louder. While researching the women’s rights I learned about the influential women who fought for equality and defined what it meant to be a woman in a free world. In this paper I have organized my topic in 5 categories. The first being the history of Women’s suffrage and then the rights and restrictions…

Contributions to Temperance Movements/Women’s Rights The Lily The Lily, under the editorship of Amelia Bloomer, was the first ever newspaper created for women. It was published in Seneca Falls, N.Y. and issued from 1849 until 1853 for 50 cents a year. While the exclusion of women from taking part in temperance societies and other reform activities was the original reasoning behind why The Lily was to be created and published, it ended up starting out with its editorial stance conforming to the…