Lucretia Mott Speaks
The Essential Speeches and Sermons
Published by: University of Illinois Press
Series: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History
264 pages, 156.00 x 235.00 x 23.00 mm, 7 black & white photographs
by Lucretia Coffin Mott
Edited by Christopher Densmore, Carol Faulkner, Nancy A Hewitt and Beverly Wilson Palmer
Published by: University of Illinois Press
Series: Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History
264 pages, 156.00 x 235.00 x 23.00 mm, 7 black & white photographs
Drawing on widely scattered archives, newspaper accounts, and other sources, Lucretia Mott Speaks unearths the essential speeches and remarks from Mott's remarkable career. The editors have chosen selections representing important themes and events in her public life. Extensive annotations provide vibrant context and show Mott's engagement with allies and opponents. The speeches illuminate her passionate belief that her many causes were all intertwined. The result is an authoritative resource, one that enriches our understanding of Mott's views, rhetorical strategies, and still-powerful influence on American society.
Lucretia Mott (1793–1880) was a prominent reformer who agitated against slavery and co-organized the 1848 Seneca Falls convention. Christopher Densmore is the curator of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College and the author of Red Jacket: Iroquois Diplomat and Orator. Carol Faulkner is a professor of history at Syracuse University and the author of Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America. Nancy Hewitt is Distinguished Professor Emerita of History and Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. Her books include Women's Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York, 1822-1872. Beverly Wilson Palmer is a research associate at Pomona College and the editor or coeditor of numerous documentary editions, including Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott.
"Many of the most evocative and informative entries in this collection are not ones Mott polished and edited for publication, but accounts of her words paraphrased or hurriedly recorded by reporters and scribes. Newspaper reports, in particular, contain vivid descriptions of her demeanour and manner of speaking, and the effect that she had on others in the room. Her impact was enormous." --Journal of Ecclesiastical History
"Eye-opening and invigorating. The editors have, quite sensibly, employed a light editorial hand, preferring to let Mott's speeches take center stage, and to let Mott herself stand in the spotlight. This is a wonderful collection."--Anne Boylan, author of Women's Rights in the United States: A History in Documents
"For those who want to delve deeply into the thinking of Lucretia Mott, this book offers an excellent look into her interrelated causes. . . . This collection shows how she managed to mention so many of her favorite topics in her talks."--Friends Journal
"This book lays excellent groundwork for much-needed scholarship.... General readers will be pleasantly surprised to find a lively, spirited, radical, complex woman who defies common stereotypes." --Quaker Studies
"This superb and authoritative collection of speeches and sermons of radical activist and renowned orator Lucretia Mott conveys the breadth and depth of Mott’s visionary leadership in abolition, women's rights, religious and political reform, and education and peace."--Ellen Ross, author of The Grief of God: Images of the Suffering Jesus in Late Medieval England
"Highly recommended."--Choice
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