This image is taken from a letter written by Lucretia Mott to Anna Temple Brown (November 5, 1858).
Courtesy of the Mott Collection, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
This image is taken from a letter written by Lucretia Mott to Anna Temple Brown (November 5, 1858).
Courtesy of the Mott Collection, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
| Important Dates | Events |
| January 3, 1793 | Born, Nantucket, Mass. to Thomas and Anna Folger Coffin |
| July, 1806 | Attends Nine Partners in Dutchess County, New York |
| April 10, 1811 | Marries James Mott |
| August 6, 1812 | Anna born |
| August 23, 1814 | Thomas born |
| April 16, 1817 | Thomas dies |
| March 30, 1818 | Maria born |
| August 8, 1823 | Thomas born |
| December 14, 1825 | Elizabeth born |
| October 30, 1828 | Martha born |
| 1830-35 | Elected clerk of Philadelphia Woman's Yearly Meeting |
| December 9, 1833 | Helps organize Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, after the American Anti-Slavery Society meets in Philadelphia |
| Summer 1840 | With James travels to England, Ireland and Scotland as prospective delegate representing American Anti-Slavery Society to World's Anti-Slavery Convention in London |
| May 9, 1848 | In first major speech at American Anti-Slavery Society in New York advocates immediate abolition of slavery |
| July 19-20, 1848 | Helps organize Seneca Falls convention and write Woman's Declaration of Rights and Resolutions |
| December 17, 1849 | Delivers "Discourse on Woman" in Philadelphia in answer to R.H. Dana, Sr. |
| October, 1850 | Attends 1st National Woman's Rights Convention in Worcester, Mass.;
meets Lucy Stone |
| September 8-9, 1852 | Elected president of Woman's Rights Convention in Syracuse;
meets Susan B. Anthony |
| December 1859 | Hosts John Brown's wife during trial of John Brown |
| May 1863 | Joins with Wendell Phillips against William Lloyd Garrison supporting non-resistance and need to keep opposing slavery |
| July 12, 1863 | Speaks to black soldiers at Camp William Penn |
| April 1, 1864 | Charter for Swarthmore College is drawn up |
| May 1866 | Chosen 1st president of Equal Rights Association meeting in New York |
| May 10, 1866 | Delivers remarks at Eleventh National Woman's Rights Convention, New York City |
| April 1870 | Tries to reconcile Lucy Stone with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in New York City over priorities of women's organizations |
| July 1876 | Presides at National Woman Suffrage Association in Philadelphia |
| July 19, 1878 | Delivers last public address in Rochester, New York, on 30th anniversary of Seneca Falls |
| November 11, 1880 | Dies at Roadside (farm near Philadelphia) |