Friday, October 17, 2008

first Annoatation

Bryant Fisher, Jennifer. >Lucretia Mott A Guilding Light. Grand Papids, Michigan/ Cambridge, UK: William B. Eerdmans, 1996.

Lucretia Mottt's A Guiding Light is a biography of the life of Lucretia Mott. Mott's humble beggings of her early Quaker life written first to understand the foundation for her beliefes . The book then chronically leads up to the Mott families move from their homeland of Nantucket to Boston. The Mott's were Quakers who stuck to the belifes and rules of the religion. The next chapters really start to show Lucretia's outgoing persontility and her mind set for equality. When Lucretia arived at a new school for boys and girls ( although they were separted) she was the like the sore thumb of the crowd. Lucretia finished all her classes and even went to teach at the school. Fast forward to the next few chapters and you will br asmased by Lucrteia Mott's courage through her Quaker religion. Overall the book gives a secondary view but primary first hand accounts and insights on Lucretia mott's life.

The author of the book Lucretia Mott A Guiding Light is a former educator who works as a freelance writer . Her bibogrpahy uses primary and secondary sources to hep tell the story of a great women.

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