Why read Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott?

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This landmark volume collects Lucretia Mott's correspondence for the first time, highlighting the length and breadth of her work as an activist dedicated to reform of almost every kind and providing an intimate glimpse of her family life.

Mott's achievements left a mark on reform movements from abolition to women's…

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1 author picked Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Susan Higginbotham

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How did Lucretia Mott—the courageous Quaker who was active in so many good causes—find the time to write so many long, intimate letters? I like to dip into this collection; there’s always something of historical or simply human interest.

And given Mott’s small handwriting and her thrifty but maddening habit of “crossing”—saving paper by turning a letter sideways and writing across the existing handwriting on the page—I’m eternally grateful that someone else did the transcription of these letters so we don’t have to struggle with the originals.

From Susan's list on nineteenth century feminists in their words.