Read Part One HERE
In this post I continue to focus on a woman named Jane Master Hunt. She lived from 1812 - 1889.
Lucretia Mott arrived at Jane's home with her sister Martha Wright from Auburn, New York. Mary Ann McClintock of Waterloo was also there. The only non-Quaker was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, from nearby Seneca Falls. As the women drank their tea, Elizabeth shared her frustration about women's subservenient place in society.
Elizabeth had first met Lucretia at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, England, in 1840 , when Elizabeth was on her honeymoon. When the London meeting refused to admit women delegates from the United States, the two women had agreed to hold a meeting to discuss the rights of women when they returned home, but real life intervened, and they never did. Seeing Lucretia again after eight years apart inspired Elizabeth once more, and she poured out her long-standing discontent.
They discussed the misfortunes imposed upon females - they could not vote or own property, and there were few social or intellectual opportunities. These women decided they wanted change. Without that gathering of Quaker women who were experienced in the strategy and tactics of the abolition movement, energized by Elizabeth, there would have been no Seneca Falls Convention.
Read Part One Hundred and Fifteen HERE
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