Lucretia Mott Speeches

Lucretia Mott was an American born abolitionist. She spoke out for equality for all people. Raised in Nantucket at a young age she was taught all men and women are equal, since men and women had similar tasks and responsibilities. She was a quaker and she was taught that slavery was wrong. When she grew up she began speaking out for African-Americans rights. Her speeches were well known because they were so effective in persuading people. She was very committed to the idea of reforming the nation. She founded the American Anti-Slavery Society and the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. The young women went to London for the World Anti-Slavery Convention but when she arrived she was not allowed to participate due to her gender. Since this was considered men's

Hundreds of men and women attended, a famous person being Frederick Douglass, an abolitionist . Shortly following she helped write the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848. The principals were similar to the Declaration of Independence. She was one of the 100 signers of it. In the Sentiments there were things like just because women were married did not mean they had to give up their rights . Also there were things similar to the fact that men could no longer silence women's voices. She believed that a nation could not be its best unless it had everyone, men and women, of all races having their equal rights. She also believed if people wanted there freedom or rights they had to advocate for themselves. Which is a big reason why she began fighting for rights. Though it was never passed as a law the principals were now out and present in the world at the time. Many women were refused a voice at public meetings of equality and human rights, it inspired many people to begin speaking out for women's rights . Even after everything she did with the Sentiments and Conventions there were no rights given to women then. One good thing that came out of all the effort was that the women's rights movement was