Biographical sketch with dramatization of the life and actions of the feminist abolitionist Lucretia Mott. Contains a dramatization of James and Lucretia Mott hiding from the anti-abolition mob that burned down Philadelphia Hall in 1838 and a dramatic reading of Wendell Phillips and William Lloyd Garrison's motions at the World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840 in favor of women as delegates. This is the fourth episode of the 14-episode series produced and broadcast on KPFA by Virginia Maynard and Charles Levy from 1958 to 1959. The series was written and directed by Virginia Maynard and produced by Maynard and Chuck Levy, narrated by Levy, and engineered by David Talcott. It was funded in part by the Educational Television and Radio Center in Ann Arbor and distributed nationally by the National Association of Educational Broadcasters. Contains sensitive language.
PRA metadata viewThis recording has been digitally preserved as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project, and is available for research and reference . Please contact the archives via telephone: 818-506-1077 or email: americanwomen at pacificaradioarchives dot org for information on how to obtain a copy of this program. Thank you.
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