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Also known as Lucretia C. Mott, Lucretia Coffin Mott, Lucretia Coffin

American suffragist (1793–1880)

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Within Vinony's link graph, Lucretia Mott is referenced by 828 other articles, and connects out to Cheltenham Township, Philadelphia and Quakers.

It is catalogued under topics including 1793 births, 1880 deaths and 19th-century American women writers.

Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.

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Born
Lucretia Coffin , ( 1793-01-03 ) January 3, 1793, Nantucket , Massachusetts , U.S.
Died
November 11, 1880 (1880-11-11) (aged 87), La Mott , Cheltenham , Pennsylvania , U.S.
Occupations
Abolitionist suffragist teacher
Spouse
James Mott ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1811 ; died 1868 ) ​
Relatives
Martha Coffin Wright (sister), Eliza Wright Osborne (niece), Mayhew Folger (maternal uncle), Levi Coffin (cousin)

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Gender
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Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Nantucket
Place of death
Philadelphia
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
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Number of children
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manner of death
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cause of death
pneumonia
married name
Lucretia Mott
name in native language
Lucretia Mott
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Lucretia Mott (née Coffin; January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She had formed the idea of reforming the position of women in society when she was amongst the women excluded from the World Anti-Slavery Convention held in London in 1840. In 1848, she was invited by Jane Hunt to a meeting that led to the first public gathering about women's rights, the Seneca Falls Convention, during which the Declaration of Sentiments was written.

Her speaking abilities made her an important abolitionist, feminist, and reformer; she had been a Quaker preacher early in her adulthood. She advocated giving black people, both male and female, the right to vote (suffrage). Her home, with husband the Quaker leader James Mott was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Mott helped found the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania and Swarthmore College and raised funds for the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. She remained a central figure in reform movements until her death in 1880. The area around her long-time residence in Cheltenham Township is now known as La Mott, in her honor.

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