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Lucretia MottSocial Reformer
Born: 3 January 1793 Died: 1880 (Pneumonia) Birthplace: Nantucket Island, Massachusetts Best known as: Minister, abolitionist and suffragist Name at birth: Lucretia Coffin Lucretia Mott was a Quaker minister who was active in the movement to abolish slavery in the United States. In 1848 she helped to organize the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York, and after the abolition of slavery she was a key figure in the women's suffrage movement. Copyright © 1998-2006 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. More on Lucretia Mott from Infoplease:
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