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Book/Printed Material Discourse on woman

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About this Item

Title

  • Discourse on woman

Summary

  • This lecture by Mott, delivered 17 December 1849, was in response to one by an unidentified lecturer criticizing the demand for equal rights for women. She makes a very gentle appeal here for women's enfranchisement, placing emphasis instead on the injustices done to women in marriage.

Names

  • Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880
  • Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893, former owner
  • National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : T.B. Peterson, 1850.

Headings

  • -  Women's rights

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 20 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ1423 .M9
  • JK1881 .N357 sec. I, no. 146a, #8 21 cm. Formerly owned by Lucy Stone. Gift of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Nov. 1, 1938.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 09002748

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Mott, Lucretia, Lucy Stone, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. Discourse on Woman. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 1850. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/09002748/.

APA citation style:

Mott, L., Stone, L. & National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. (1850) Discourse on Woman. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/09002748/.

MLA citation style:

Mott, Lucretia, Lucy Stone, and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection. Discourse on Woman. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 1850. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/09002748/>.