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Lucretia Mott

  • November 22, 2023
    An Interview with Rosalynn Carter

    Rosalynn Carter wrote the introduction to “Lucretia Mott: Friend of Justice,” the first of my biographies for young readers. I was thrilled and deeply honored—even more so when I learned she did...

  • January 18, 2021
    On Martin Luther King Day, 2021

    I am looking at a picture of the U.S. Capitol I took the last time I visited. I was with colleagues on a tour led by our intern’s mother. The Capitol looms large. It is stately. It is majestic. And...

  • March 30, 2017
    Friend of Justice

    March being "Women's History Month," I was asked to read from "Lucretia Mott: Friend of Justice" at McKinley Elementary School. My audience? A kindergarten class. I was nervous. I thought the kids...

  • November 10, 2016
    Hillary and Those Who Came Before

    Tuesday night, as mothers all across the country tucked young daughters into bed, many told them when they awoke our country would have elected its first woman president. They were wrong. On...

  • June 22, 2016
    New Faces on the $20, $10 and $5 Bills: Who Are They and What Made Them Famous?

    In 2020, the new $20 bill will feature Harriet Tubman. Also appearing on new U.S. currency will be Lucretia Mott and Eleanor Roosevelt. All three are subjects of my biographies—and the topic of a...