"People diplomacy" : women and transatlantic politics in 1846 / by Wendy Chmielewski. 2006.

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"People diplomacy" : women and transatlantic politics in 1846 / by Wendy Chmielewski. 2006.

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In 1846, British and American Quaker women, fearing war between their counties over a border dispute, exchanged Friendly Addresses which invoked their common ancestry and urged women to use what influence they possessed for peace. Friendly Addresses were inspired by Joseph Crosfield, an English Quaker, and Elihu Burritt, an American, to promote friendship between the United States and Great Britain on a person-to-person level. The American reply was signed by Lucretia Mott.

13 p. ; 28 cm.

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880

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Lucretia Mott (née Coffin) was born Jan. 3, 1793 in Nantucket, MA. She was a descendent of Peter Folger and Mary Morrell Folger and a cousin of Framer Benjamin Franklin. Mott became a teacher; her interest in women's rights began when she discovered that male teachers at the school were paid significantly more than female staff. A well known abolitionist, Mott considered slavery to be evil, a Quaker view. When she moved to Philadelphia, she became Quaker minister. Along with white and black wo...

Chmielewski, Wendy E.

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