Diary, 1853 Jan. 10-Apr. 12.

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Diary, 1853 Jan. 10-Apr. 12.

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Diary (44 pp.) chiefly describing Gardner's daily routines and life in Nantucket during the mid-19th century. She describes arrivals of whaling ships, health of people in community, and pastimes. Details enthusiastic welcome Lucy Stone received when she came to Nantucket to lecture about women's rights and abolition.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893

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Lucy Stone (b. Aug. 13, 1818, West Brookfield, MA–d. Oct. 18, 1893, Boston, MA) was born to parents Hannah Matthews and Francis Stone. At age 16, Stone began teaching in district schools always earning far less money than men. In 1847, she became the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree from Oberlin College. After college, Stone began her career with the Garrisonian Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and began giving public speeches on women's rights. In the fall of 1847, with...

Gardner, Susan Folger, b. 1811.

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