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...
Kem Knapp Sawyer
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Lucretia Mott
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January 18, 2021
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March 30, 2017
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...
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November 10, 2016
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...
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June 22, 2016
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...