Mott, Lucretia Coffin (1793-1880)

Title

Mott, Lucretia Coffin (1793-1880)

Contributor

Sciancalepore, Victoria

Source

Lucretia Mott, Library of Congress

birthday

1793-01-03

Birthplace

Nantucket, MA

Death Date

1880-11-11

Occupation

Abolitionist

Women's rights activist

Social reform activist

Biographical Text

Lucretia Scott was an American abolitionist, social reform and women's rights activist, and educator. At 13, Mott enrolled in the Nine Partners School, and would become a teacher there at 15. After three years of preaching, Mott, a life-long Quaker, was recorded as a minister by her Friends Meeting. ...

On April 10, 1811, Lucretia Coffin married James Mott, a Quaker businessman, in Philadelphia. They had six children together: Anna, Maria, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Martha. One child did not live to adulthood. Mott died in 1880 of pneumonia at her home, Roadside, now located in Cheltenham, PA.

Bibliography

Lucretia Mott, Wikipedia

Lucretia Coffin Mott, Find a Grave