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

Author/creator Faulkner, Carol
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2011.
Description291 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880.
Women social reformers--United States. --Biography.
Women abolitionists--United States. --Biography.
Feminists--United States. --Biography.
Quaker women--United States. --Biography.
Women's rights--United States. --History. --19th century.
Antislavery movements--United States. --History. --19th century.

Contents Heretic and saint -- Nantucket -- Nine partners -- Schism -- Immediate abolition -- Pennsylvania Hall -- Abroad -- Crisis -- The year 1848 -- Conventions -- Fugitives -- Civil War -- Peace.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011283178
ISBN9780812243215 (hbk.)
ISBN0812243218 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1413.M68 F38 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold