Occupation: reformer, lecturer, editor, women's rights advocate, abolitionist
Known for: keeping her own name after marriage; anti-slavery and woman suffrage activism
Family:
- Father: Francis Stone, farmer
- Mother: Hannah (Matthews) Stone
- husband: Henry Blackwell (married May 1, 1855; reformer, editor)
- daughter: Alice Stone Blackwell (September 14, 1857 - March 15, 1950; reformer, editor)
Education:
- various learning and teaching positions
- Oberlin College: graduated August 1847
About Lucy Stone: Lucy Stone is known to women's history not only as one of the most important workers for suffrage and other women's rights in the 19th century and as a prominent abolitionist, but also as the first woman to keep her own name after marriage.
More About Lucy Stone:
- Lucy Stone Biography: A Soul As Free As the Air
Organizations: American Equal Rights Association, American Woman Suffrage Association
Religion: Unitarian (originally Congregationalist)
