Lucretia Mott quotes

Lucretia Mott was an American Quaker, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist. One of the key organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention, she worked tirelessly for social reform and equality. She inspired generations with her leadership and commitment to justice. Here are 6 of her quotes:

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. (Lucretia Mott)

Learning, while at school, that the charge for the education of girls was the same as that for boys, and that, when they became teachers, women received only half as much as men for their services, the injustice of this distinction was so apparent.

Lucretia Mott

We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.

Lucretia Mott

It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her.

Lucretia Mott

In the marriage union, the independence of the husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

Lucretia Mott

Let our lives be in accordance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles.

Lucretia Mott

Lucretia Mott

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Occupation: American Activist
Born: January 3, 1793
Died: November 11, 1880
Quotes count: 6
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