Autograph book, 1845-1848.

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Autograph book, 1845-1848.

Contains an autograph of Lucretia Mott.

1 v.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8052102

Bucks County Historical Society

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Twining, Elizabeth H.

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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...