Women’s Work for Peace

Basic Information  While much of the literature regarding women’s activities during the first wave of feminism tends to focus around their fight for personal rights such as suffrage, their efforts toward greater social reform are often overshadowed. Such is the case when it comes to women’s work for peace. From the movement’s significant membership of…

Lucretia Mott

                Basic Information Born January 3rd, 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Lucretia Mott grew to become a central figure in both the abolition and early women’s rights movements of the 19th century. Raised a Quaker, Mott was taught from an early age that all people are equal. Subsequently, she…