Lucretia Mott's heresy : abolition and women's rights in nineteenth-century America /

Lucretia Coffin Mott was one of the most famous and controversial women in nineteenth-century America. Now overshadowed by abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and feminists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mott was viewed in her time as a dominant figure in the dual struggles for racial and sexual...

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Main Author: Faulkner, Carol
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Lucretia Coffin Mott was one of the most famous and controversial women in nineteenth-century America. Now overshadowed by abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and feminists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mott was viewed in her time as a dominant figure in the dual struggles for racial and sexual equality. History has often depicted her as a gentle Quaker lady and a mother figure, but her outspoken challenges to authority riled ministers, journalists, politicians, urban mobs, and her fellow Quakers. -- Publisher's description.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (291 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812205008