Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) – Lifelong Quaker, distant cousin of Benjamin Franklin and Philadelphian by choice, Mott fervently advocated for abolition and women’s rights throughout the 19th Century. When the Society of Friends began to divide—partly because of the religious group’s differing attitudes about slavery—Mott became a vocal and active minister leading the abolition movement, even refusing to purchase or use any products that were produced by enslaved labor. In the 1830s, she co-created the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and helped organize a convention for abolitionists in Pennsylvania Hall near 6th and Race Streets. Mott served as a delegate to the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.