Lucretia

not have the same United States that we know today. The inventor who created the first working telegraph was Samuel F. B. Morse. Before Morse was an inventor, he was actually an artist. In 1818 he married his first wife, Lucretia Walker, with whom he had three children. Lucretia died while Morse was on an art trip and soon after, both of Morse’s parents passed away as well. Left in a state of grief, Morse travelled to Europe to collect himself emotionally and upon returning home to America, he…

Have you ever wondered what the women did in WW1? The women’s suffrage movement and the 19th amendment were a tough movement for women to accomplish until its victorious day granted women the right to vote. To understand the women's suffrage. I will be diving into why women should vote and the conventions. The 19th Amendment lawfully promises American women the right to vote. In the early 1800s, women prearranged, petitioned, and demonstrated to win the right vote, but it took them years to…

in England. When he returned to America in 1815, he set up an art studio in Boston. Samuel Morse married Lucretia Walker in 1818 and they later on had three children together. Samuel Morse’s travelled around the world a lot, as his paintings had been getting a lot of attention but had not made a lot of sales. On February the 7, 1825 his wife died after giving birth to their third son. Lucretia had gotten very ill while Samuel Morse had been gone from home working on a painting commission. When…

Seneca Falls, New York (Footnote). After being prohibited to enter a convention in London on world slavery because, they were women. There was a discussion about whether or not female delegates should partake in the convention. After that debate, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton decided to create their own convention to discuss the rights that women should have. This started because at the convention, the women were segregated from the male speakers and were lucky enough that the men…

Artemisia Gentileschi was probably one of the greatest artists of the Baroque period, especially in Italy. She may be one of the first women during this time period to produce great works of art. However, her work is quite often compared to her father Orzaio, and therefore sometimes she is overlooked. As a historian, Mary Garrard is attempting to show that even though she was a victim of rape and was involved in a notorious trial, Artemisia grew as a painter and flourished on her own. Her “works…

In Seneca Falls, New York in 1848, American activists in the movement to abolish slavery, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, called a conference to address women’s rights and issues. This conference was called because Mott was refused consent to speak at the world anti-slavery convention in London despite the fact she was an official delegate. Although women were barely entitled to any rights in the late 1840s and were “inferior” to men, Stanton and Mott could not sit defenselessly, so…

wished to pursue a career as a painter, despite his father’s dissent. He studied art in England, and upon his return to America in 1815, set up a studio in Boston. It was shortly after, in 1818, that he married Lucretia Walker. In February 1825, after giving birth to their third child, Lucretia died. The next year Morse’s father died, and his mother passed away three years later. Deep in grief, in 1829 Morse traveled to Europe. While returning home, in 1832, he came across the inventor Charles…

She, Lucretia Mott, Martha Coffin Wright, and a handful of other women systematized the first women’s rights convention at the Stanton home in Seneca Falls on July 19 and 20. Stanton wrote a Declaration of Sentiments, which she displayed on the Declaration of…

go to war with the romans but before any bloodshed may begin, the women stand between them and ask to think of the children. Therefor stopping a war and protecting the people of Rome. The idea is continuously enforced with the rape of Lucretia. In the story Lucretia was a wife of Collatine, a roman leader, is raped by Tarquin the king 's son and collatine’s friend. During the act, she begs him to stop and cries but he does not listen. Once it is over she is filled with grief and guilt about the…

The Facets of Early American Feminism The word “feminism” carries many controversial connotations. Feminism in America, though preceded by Europe, began around the early 1800’s. As the Civil War brought hope for the growth of opportunities for black slaves, other social movements were also able to gain footing. This idea of feminism actually planted the seed for growth of women’s rights and gender equality through the years. 19th-century feminism in America paved the way for the advancement of…