Letter from James and Lucretia Mott to their children, June 14, 1840

Title

Letter from James and Lucretia Mott to their children, June 14, 1840

Creator

Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Mott, James, 1788-1868

Date

1840-06-14

Description

Contemporary copy of a letter from James and Lucretia Mott to their children written from London on June 14, 1840.

Subject

General Anti-slavery Convention (1st : 1840 : London, England)

Women's rights

Extent

10pp

Type

text

Language

English

Transcription author

C. Palmer

Place of Issue

London (England)

Genre

Correspondence

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

Label text

When the World Anti-Slavery Convention met in London during June 1840, the American delegation included women. After an extended debate, the convention ruled that only male delegates could be seated. Among the women assigned to sit silently behind a curtain were Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Indignant that women had no rights, even within the ranks of reform movements, the two decided to hold a women's rights convention when they returned to America.

Citation

Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880; Mott, James, 1788-1868, “Letter from James and Lucretia Mott to their children, June 14, 1840,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/426.

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