Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893

Lucy Stone, suffragist and abolitionist, kept her own name after her marriage to Henry Browne Blackwell in 1855. For additional information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971).

From the description of Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1846-1943 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008689

Lucy Stone, suffragist and abolitionist, kept her own name after her marriage to Henry Browne Blackwell in 1855. For additional biographical information, see Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (1971).

From the description of Letters, 1850-1893 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007348

Born in West Brookfield, Mass., Aug.13,1818; grad. from Oberlin, 1847; began lecturing on woman's rights; became lecturer for the Mass. anti-slavery society, 1848 & traveled through U.S.& Canada; was instrumental in forming the American woman's suffrage association; became co-editor of "Woman's Journal", Boston, & then editor-in-chief, 1872; died in Dorchester, Mass. Oct. 18, 1893. (from Appleton - Date of death: Herringshaw) (blue index cards)

From the description of Lucy Stone papers, 1839-1972 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 502240609

American suffragist.

From the description of Letter to Mrs. Terhune [manuscript], , 1890 February 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817331

Lucy Stone (1818-1893) was and American feminist, abolitionist, and suffragist who founded the American Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.

• 1818: Born in Brookfield, Massachusetts
• 1847: Graduated from Oberlin College becoming the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree
• 1848: Hired by the Garrisonian Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
• 1850: Organized the first National Woman's Rights Convention
• 1855: Married Henry Blackwell, but kept her maiden name
• 1857: Gave birth to her only child, Alice Stone Blackwell
• 1869: Founded the American Woman Suffrage Association
• 1870: Started The Woman's Journal
• 1890: Merged the American Woman Suffrage Association with the National Woman Suffrage Association to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association
• 1893: Died at her home in Dorchester, Massachusetts

From the guide to the Lucy Stone Letters, 1852-1893, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)