Lucy Stone

Read about Lucy Stone -- American Suffrage leader.
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Lucy Stone
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Lucy Stone

1818-1893

  • Reformer and leader in the women's rights movement
  • Born near West Brookfield, MA
  • Graduated from Oberlin College in 1847
  • Regular lecturer for the Anti-Slavery Society
  • In 1855 she married Henry Brown Blackwell, but was always known as Mrs. Stone
  • In 1870 she founded the Woman's Journal, the official publication of the American Woman Suffrage Association and the National American Woman Suffrage Association
  • After her death in 1893, the Woman's Journal was edited by her daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell

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