Skip to content

Quotes from Dedication of the New Mott School — Mary Church Terrell

1863–1954 United States

← All quotes by Mary Church Terrell

4 quotes

Tho thorny the path and rough the road, forward she pressed to do the work for the persecuted and afflicted which she felt called to perform.

Dedication of the New Mott School (1909)

The name of Lucretia Mott has been written in the history of this country which records the deeds of those who have spent their lives trying to lift their fellow men to a higher plane and relieve the suffering of the world in letters which can never fade.

Dedication of the New Mott School (1909)

She used her brain and systematized her work, so that she might find time to do good in the world. The time many wives and mother of her day frittered away in gayety and embroidery she spent in reading and committing to memory choice thoughts in poetry and prose.

Dedication of the New Mott School (1909)

Lucretia Mott shines more brilliantly in the galaxy of the good and great because of her work as an abolitionist and her efforts to improve the condition of woman

Dedication of the New Mott School (1909)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mary Church Terrell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.