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Lucy StoneLucy Stone, first American woman to keep her own name after marriage, and activist for women's rights: articles, links and other resources.
The Progress of Fifty Years
A speech originally presented by Lucy Stone at the Congress of Women, Columbian Exposition 1893 (World's Fair), Chicago. In this speech she outlines the women's movement from the 1840s through the 1890s. Lucy Stone
Basic facts about Lucy Stone, abolitionist and woman suffrage worker who kept her own name at marriage. A Soul as Free as the Air
Lucy Stone: known as the woman who kept her own name after marriage, but involved far more deeply in the struggle for women's rights. A Soul As Free As the Air: Lucy Stone
Stone was famous for her woman suffrage work and for keeping her own name after marrying Henry Blackwell, brother of Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, brother-in-law of Antoinette Brown Blackwell. About Lucy Stone
From your Women's History Guide: Lucy Stone's life and work, quotations by Lucy Stone, Lucy Stone's writing, and more. Legal issues of married women who keep their own names
Alice Marie Beard in a 1974 article on the legality of women keeping their name after marriage. Lucy Stone
Biography of Stone at Oberlin College's history website. Lucy Stone - Women of the Hall
Page honoring Lucy Stone's place in the National Women's Hall of Fame. Lucy Stone League
A current organization dedicated to women's and men's rights to maintain, modify and create their names. Lucy Stone with Alice Stone Blackwell
Photograph of mother and infant daughter, with brief biographical information on both. |
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