LUCY STONE (BLACKWELL)
\lˈuːsi stˈə͡ʊn blˈakwɛl], \lˈuːsi stˈəʊn blˈakwɛl], \l_ˈuː_s_i s_t_ˈəʊ_n__ b_l_ˈa_k_w_ɛ_l]\
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An American reformer and prominent advocate of women's rights; born in West Brookfield, Mass., Aug. 13, 1818; died at Boston, Mass., Oct. 18, 1893. She graduated at Oberlin College, 1847. In 1855 she married Dr. Henry B. Blackwell, retaining her own name. She published a protest, "Taxation without Representation". In 1869 she helped organize the American Woman's Suffrage Association; became connected with the Woman's Journal in 1872, and was editor after 1888. Her lectures on woman suffrage made her known throughout the country.
By Charles Dudley Warner
