Lucretia Mott

Lucretia Mott, formerly known as Lucretia Coffin, was born to Thomas Coffin Jr. and Anna Folger on January third, 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. For the daughter of a Sea Captain and a Shoemaker, she grew up beyond expectations. Mott was one of history’s great female role models. She was an Abolitionist, Quaker, Women's Rights Activist, Social Reformer, and an overall strong and inspired woman. Throughout her life Mott lead by example and headed many expeditions of freedom, weather that was…

Roman ideas about woman within the family were on the verge of changing, yet not completely equal to men, in the third century with the religion of Christianity coming into affect and changing the cultural and social ideas within the Roman Empire. Christianity started as a small group which eventually led to the official religion of the Roman Empire. Christianity had some radical ideas that changed the dynamic of a woman within the home, but yet it still held a hierarchical system of beliefs…

Lucretia 1666, Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn, Oil on Canvas Rembrandt explains the tale of Lucretia, who was the wife of a Roman nobleman. Rembrandt’s retelling of t Lucretia’s story showcases deep emotional feeling. Lucretia was raped by the son of a tyrannical roman king, named Tarquinius. Lucretia was a woman who valued Virtue and Honor (Harris.) In this period of time, a women virtue was idealized and at most times valued more than the woman’s life itself. Fearing that she would be regarded…

Legendary Foundation of Rome Republic vs. Historical Realities and Women. I will attempt to compare the legendary foundation of the republic of Rome described by Livy in a document called The Rape of Lucretia with the historical realities described in The History of Western Societies, a text book. I will also look at the structure of the Roman family and views on women. I will show that the description by Livy and the realities of Rome are very close and my hope is that you will be able to…

values of pietas and pudicitia, a woman’s commitment to properly serving her household and maintaining her sexual chastity, respectively. Livy highlights the importance of pietas by extolling Lucretia in Ab urbe Condita for the strength of her fidelity to husband and household, embodied in her pudicitia.…

and proper position of woman.” This is the opening sentence in Lucretia Mott’s “Discourse on Woman”. Lucretia Mott demanded for the rights of women and slaves alike. She spent the majority of her life fighting for what she wanted; giving speeches, attending conventions, and organizing groups. Though her main concern earlier in life was abolitionism, she began to see and push for women 's rights as well. Early in life Lucretia Mott followed in her parents footsteps and became quite an intense…

Independence until the Seneca Falls Convention, it would be another 72 years before the Women’s Suffrage amendment to be ratified. Even though several women contributed greatly to the women’s rights movement, the idea born between Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott, on that fated day in London, gave birth to a movement that would change their lives…

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott at the convention, and how the…

signatures from women in 54 of the 60 New York counties in 1854 and 1855 to support legal rights for married women. The suffragist women used thing such as conventions, declarations, and petitions to exaggerate their cause. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and Susan. B. Anthony were very active in the fight for women’s rights until their deaths. When woman first began their fight in the 1800’s, they had extremely little educational, professional, or social standing. Women weren’t allowed…

would you rebel for the pleasure of reading? Blacks and whites worked together to undermine slavery in various acts of resistance such as, slaves running away, individuals operating the Underground Railroad, and people resisting the color line. Lucretia Mott, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet…