Lucretia Mott Written Note Truth for Authority Not Authority for Truth / Signed

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Lucretia Mott Written Note: "Truth for Authority, Not Authority for Truth"
Author:
Mott, Lucretia
Title:
Lucretia Mott Written Note: "Truth for Authority, Not Authority for Truth"
Description:
ANS
Early women's rights activist in the U.S., signer of the Declaration of Sentiments on behalf of women's legal equality, and a key participant in the woman suffrage movement. Autograph Quote Signed and dated 1871 on a card measuring 4 ¼ x 3 ". Mott writes in her hand in full on behalf of the truth of equality rather than the power of the authoritative male majority: "Truth for authority not authority for truth." She signs in full, " Lucretia Mott."
Seller ID:
14789
Subject:
Autographs, Letters and Archives, Law, Social Activist, Women History, Women Suffrage
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