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Lucy Stone was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, on August 13, 1818. As a young girl, she recognized that men and women were not treated equally. She vowed to work hard to change that. One of her goals was to go to college so she could learn Hebrew and Greek.
Born on August 13, 1818 in rural Massachusetts, Stone was one of Francis and Hannah Matthews Stone’s nine children. Her parents were farmers with deep roots in New England. The first Stones arrived in 1635 pursuing religious freedom and her grandfather was a Patriot captain in the American Revolution.
Lucy Stone was born on August 13, 1818, on her family's farm at Coy's Hill in West Brookfield, Massachusetts. She was the eighth of nine children born to Hannah Matthews and Francis Stone; she grew up with three brothers and three sisters, two siblings having died before her own birth.
Apr 2, 2014 · One of Francis Stone and Hannah Matthews's nine children, Stone was steeped early on in life the virtues of fighting against slavery from her parents, both committed abolitionists. Smart...
One of the first feminists in the United States, Lucy Stone was a pioneer in the woman suffrage movement, which sought to give women the right to vote. She helped organize the first truly national women’s rights convention in 1850.
Lucy Stone was a pioneer in the movement to gain voting rights for women in the United States.
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Jun 18, 2019 · Stone's daughter Alice Stone Blackwell published her mother's biography, "Lucy Stone, Pioneer of Woman's Rights," in 1930, helping to keep her name and contributions known. But Lucy Stone is still remembered today primarily as the first woman to keep her own name after marriage.
