Blackwell family

Biographical Notes

Alice Stone Blackwell

• 1857, Sept. 14: Born, East Orange, N.J.
• 1881: Graduated, Boston University,Boston, Mass.
• 1883 - 1909 : Assistant editor, Woman's Journal
• 1886 - 1905 : Editor, The Woman's Column
• 1909 - 1917 : Editor-in-chief, Woman's Journal
• 1929: Translated Some Spanish-American Poets (New York: D. Appleton. 559 pp.)
• 1930: Published Lucy Stone, Pioneer of Women's Rights (Boston: Little, Brown, & Co. 313 pp.)
• 1950, Mar. 15: Died, Cambridge, Mass.

Elizabeth Blackwell

• 1821, Feb. 3: Born, Bristol, England
• 1832: Emigrated with her family to the United States
• 1849: M.D., Geneva College Medical Institution,Geneva, N.Y.
• 1849 - 1850 : France Republic of France England England Lac England England Tungland England Cemetery England Number 3 Dam England Ridge England Creek HVDC Quebec-New England - Des Cantons Grounding Electrode England Brothers Number 1 Dam England Branch England Mine New England Park Kampunglandeuh Langland Koringlandskloof Nglandean England Run Veterinary Clinic Springland Longlands Kessingland New England Hall New England Mine Continued medical studies in France and England
• 1851: Returned to New York to practice medicine
• 1854: Adopted Kitty Barry Blackwell
• 1857: Founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children with her sister, Emily Blackwell, and Marie E. Zakrzewska
• 1869: Settled permanently in England
• 1875 - 1907 : Professor of gynecology, London School of Medicine for Women,London, England
• 1910, May 3: Died, Hastings, England

Henry Browne Blackwell

• 1825, May 4: Born, Bristol, England
• 1832: Emigrated with his family to the United States
• 1853: Made his first speech for woman suffrage at convention in Cleveland, Ohio
• 1855, May 1: Married Lucy Stone, and on the same day published with her a joint protest against the inequalities of the marriage law
• 1855 - 1868 : Engaged in bookselling, sugar refining, and real estate
• 1869 - 1901 : Chiefly engaged in work for the American Woman Suffrage Association (after 1890, the National American Woman Suffrage Association)
• 1872 - 1893 : Coeditor, Woman's Journal
• 1893 - 1909 : Editor, Woman's Journal
• 1909, Sept. 7: Died, Dorchester, Mass.

Lucy Stone

• 1818, Aug. 13: Born, near West Brookfield, Mass.
• 1847: Graduated, Oberlin College,Oberlin, Ohio
• 1848: Lectured for the American Anti-Slavery Society
• 1850: Helped organize the first National Woman's Rights Convention,Worcester, Mass.
• 1855: Married Henry Browne Blackwell; retained maiden name
• 1856: Member, executive committee, American Equal Rights Association
• 1869: Helped organize the American Woman Suffrage Association
• 1872 - 1893 : Coeditor, Woman's Journal
• 1893, Oct. 18: Died, Dorchester, Mass.

From the guide to the Blackwell Family Papers, 1759-1960, (bulk 1845-1890), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)