Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793–1880) was the prototypical and quintessential social activist of the nineteenth century. She was brought up in the Quaker faith and in 1821 became a minister. Married to businessman James Mott, she reared six children and found the time to help found the American Anti- Slavery Society, organize her home as a station on the Underground Railroad, and put together the Seneca Falls Convention in 1849 in partnership with her close friend Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Her role in the convention made her a national celebrity, and Mott delivered her “Discourse on Women” in Philadelphia on December 17, 1849. In 1866, she was elected as first president of the American Equal Rights Association, which focused on securing the right to vote for women and African Americans.