Lucretia Mott’s Accomplishments during the
Eighteenth Century
by Barry Wright
Essay: Lucretia Mott’s Accomplishments during the Eighteenth Century
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Out of the 196 countries we have today, very few of them have equality between men and women. Men generally
dominate women when it comes to the workplace, home life, and society. However, women are slowly starting to
get treated equal to men. Lucretia Mott’s accomplishments consist of being an abolitionist, a women’s rights
activist, a social reformer, and a pioneer in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, even though she is not well known,
she has surely helped women in earning their rights. She is often referred to as a hero because of all of the
changes she has made to benefit our country.
On May 16th, 1838, Lucretia Mott held the second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women. The women of
this convention were fighting to end slavery in Washington, D.C. and also wanted to boycott goods created by
slave labor. During the women’s protest, they approached a riot. The crowd of 17,000 people that they were facing
explained that if the blacks were freed there would be fewer jobs for everyone else in the state. It would also bring
wages down even more from what they were already at. During this time period, majority of the people were
factory workers who feared losing their jobs. They believed that African Americans were not worth losing their jobs
over, so they wanted them to be kept as slaves. However, Lucretia did not feel as though this was right. She
believed that they deserve to be able to work and be free just as much as everyone else in the community. The
mob of people threated the women that were included in the convention with violence, and Lucretia was not
going to stand for that. Each white woman linked arms with an African American woman and walked out of the
building. After walking out of the building, the doors were locked...