Ricky Lin 12/7/2015 Lucretia Mott In the modern world, everyone is mostly balanced and well respected due to the efforted of many great leaders and reformers. Following from the past societies, many people were treating unequal, lack of balance and respect, compare it with the present without them our nations cannot be as peaceful as unity in the modern societies. In addition, the society reform of American developed by the Second Great Awakening, and it was a religious revival movement that promoted after 1790, which it was an emtoinal meeting in order to awakes the religious faith. Influenced by the Second Great Awakening, Lucretia Coffin Mott advocated reforms on the abolition of the slavery, women’s rights, and religious. Lucretia Coffin …show more content…
Thus, every member of Quaker refused using any of slavery manufactured goods, such as cotton sugar and cane sugar. In 1821, Lucretia Coffin Mott became a Quaker minister, becuase of her speaking skills and abilities. Mott developed her faith of anti-slavery with her husband’s support in 1827. In addition, she started preaching and spreading out Quaker’s faith and ideas about abolition by travling to other states. Mott and her husband were trying to resisted people from buying cotton trade around 1830. In order to advocate abolition, Mott started establishing Anti-Slavery Society. In 1833, Mott and her husband established the American Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia, however, she found out that she was the only woman who can speak in the meeting. Therefore, Mott established another soceity with white and black women, called Philadelphia Femal Anti-Slavery Society. Following from this organization, it didn’t only aganist with the slavery, it also assisted and close the connection with the Philadelphia's Black community. While, Mott's sister and brother, Abigail Lydia Mott and Lindley Murray Moore, were also trying to establish an Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester. For the female abolitionists, they donted as much money as they can to the anti-slavery movements and charities by organized fairs to increase the incomes, and setted up the hospitality to provide fugitive slaves to live. Due to the radical …show more content…
Around the 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was request to be a assister by Mott, and Mott established a meeting about women’s rights at Seneca Falls, where the women’s rights movement had began. In addition, Mott was the leader of group, and she led the group to advoacte to the people about the improtant of equal women’s rights, such as suffrage and economic opportunity. In 1850, Mott published her speech on women, which was trying to inspired women to stand up and fight for their rights, freedom. As a reformer, Mott did not stop her work for hleping people after the Civil War. Mott established a collega that female and male were combine in 1864, called Swarthmore College. Following from Quaker’s ideas, Mott also form the Free Religious Association in order to pursue liberty in
It was quite an accomplishment for the Women's suffrage movement as well being that a woman was their leader. References: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Stanton was a very prominent suffragist, social activist, and abolitionist. She would come to admire and eventually befriend Lucretia Mott at the Seneca Falls convention were Stanton would present her Declaration of Sentiments. They would Alter go on to create the American Equal Rights Association
Mott continued advocating for women’s rights and the abolishment of slavery up until she died on November 11th,
In 1827, the Motts and other Quakers split from their parent organization to take a stronger antislavery stand. Since the beginning of her ministry, Lucretia Mott blended themes of both abolition and women’s rights. (nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org) The Motts refused to use or sell any products created with slave labor. When she preached in meetings for others to join their boycott, she gained fame as an abolitionist.
After years of preaching, Lucretia’s focus turned from being a Quaker minister to being an abolitionist activist. “In 1833, Mott, along with Mary Ann M’Clintock and nearly 30 other female abolitionists, organized the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society.” (NPS Lucretia Mott nps.gov). The Philadelphia Females Anti- Slavery Society quickly became a significant group composed of white and black women who were progressive thinkers. Outside of their meetings, in which everyone was treated equally, there would often be mobs protesting.
Because Lucretia was a Quaker, she refused to use many products made slaves because she thought slavery was evil.
The American Anti-Slavery Society was a group that met in Philadelphia in order to find a way to promote their Declaration of Sentiments to help spread their abolitionist message. They believed that all were created equal and had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. These were people that saw slavery as an evil act and any man who were to participate in slavery is a “man-stealer” and null before God. It was their belief that all slaves should be set free immediately and placed under the protection of the same laws as whites. Any money earned through slaves should be given to the workers themselves and not to the owner who took and abused them.
Maria Mitchell - Reaching For The Stars Maria Mitchell made many scientific discoveries as the first professional female astronomer in the United States. Her work and determination influenced other women to go outside the realm of needlework and cooking. Maria Mitchell was born on August 1, 1818, on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was raised as a Quaker, and her parents embraced the idea of equal education. Maria’s father, William Mitchell, was an amateur astronomer and very involved in education.
Also, the abolition movement was another way people were trying to repair society. Abolitionists used both Christianity and Domestic Ideology to promote their reform. In the beginning, it was described that the only people challenging slavery “were Quakers, slaves, and free black.” Through the Quaker religion emerged and an important woman named Abby Kelly, who was described as selfless and courageous which were necessary characteristics for her becoming a part of the abolition movement. Her courage led her to challenge domestic ideology’s “assumption that women’s “place” was in the home” by giving public speeches about slavery.
Susan B. Anthony was born into a Quaker family, with the hope that everyone would one day be treated equal. She denied a chance to speak at a temperance convention because she was a woman(Susan B. Anthony). From this point on, she knew that she needed to make a change. Susan B. Anthony, because of her intense work involving women 's’ rights, highly influenced all of the societies and beliefs that were yet to come. She employed a huge role in our history because of the fact that she advocated for women’s rights, for the integration of women in the workforce, and for the abolition of slavery.
The first female abolitionists fighting for women rights. Angelina Grimke , and her sister Sarah Grimke Joined the Female Anti- Slavery Society. During this time she wrote a pamphlet An Appel to the Christian Women of the South (1836) There lectures , and letters put them in the middle of The Women 's Rights Movement, Doing so she inspired Lucie Stone as well as Lucreitia Mott to take up the causes. Toghter they lectured to women, and man a behavior that was un heard of.
Women played a key role in the abolitionist movement that had worked to bring an end to slavery. Many northern women,began by opposing slavery because they had become politically, informed,organized this contributed to their efforts the abolishment of slavery. At the time of 1868, women weren’t allowed to be employment were restricted, they received unequal pay compared to men, they weren’t allowed to commit fornication or extreme abuse. Where women weren’t protected by the laws, they were unable to vote which sparked a movement of suffrage. KKK member also played a huge factor in the gender roles.
They represented over two-thirds of the petitions sent to Congress that demanded the end of slavery during the 1840’s. In addition to this, women formed organizations, such as the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, and set up abolition conventions in order to actively support the cause. In The First New England Female Anti-Slavery Society, the author stressed the influence of women’s activism. Because some women felt a sense duty to join the abolitionist cause, their endeavors through societies helped the antislavery movement gain
During the Progressive Era, women began reforms to address social, political, and economic issues within society. Some addressed the issues with education, healthcare, and political corruption. Others worked to raise wages and improve work conditions. Among these (women) is Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader of the women’s suffrage movement. Beginning her career as a national women’s rights activist in 1890, she was asked to address Congress about the proposed suffrage amendment shortly after two years.
Until the Civil war, she never stopped working for the American Anti-Slavery Society. But then she was more focused on pursuing women's rights. She started claiming the rights of both sexes and she established with her friend Stanton the American Equal Rights Association. In 1863 both Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton established the Women's Loyal National League to demand some constitution amendments in the United States. It was the first American Women’s organization for anti-slavery movement as it was the only political tool for women at that time.
Alice Johnson was born and raised in Boston, she was born on June 14th 1800. Her mother died at her birth she was raised by her two older sister and father who worked in the trading business, both of her sisters were school teachers. Alice was very well educated at home. She began writing poetry at the age of 13, reaching her early 20s, she used poetry to speak out against the inequality of Men and Women. Alice lived in a house in a suburban area, new railroads were being built just a mile away.