At Oberlin, Lucy discovered her talent for public speaking. However, the debating society was only open to men; women were expected to sit in the audience. The women met in secret, and continued to practice their public speaking skills. Not one of us could state a question or argue it in successful debate. For this reason I have proposed the formation of this association.
When she learned that a man would deliver her speech, she refused to comply. Years later, in , when Oberlin College celebrated its 50th anniversary, officials invited Lucy Stone to return and give her own speech — which she did.
Though she faced verbal abuse and physical attack, she kept on. The convention was applauded by a few local and national newspapers, but disparaged by most of them.
The issues raised at the convention, however, were heard throughout the world. It became a touchstone for international feminism, inspiring coverage and essays in France, England, and Germany.
The first Stones arrived in pursuing religious freedom and her grandfather was a Patriot captain in the American Revolution. Much brighter than her brothers, Stone was frustrated by the inequality that encouraged them to attend college while discouraging women from becoming educated.
At age sixteen, she worked as a teacher, saving her money so she could attend college. Then in , she attended Oberlin College in Ohio. Even progressive Oberlin, however, did not permit Stone to explore her interest in public speaking. Like other female abolitionists, Stone was often heckled and at least once was physically attacked by a mob.
Nevertheless, she proved so popular that soon she was out-earning many male lecturers. Her speech there was reprinted in the international press. For five years, Stone traveled throughout the US and Canada on the lecture circuit.
She met Henry Blackwell, the brother of physicians Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, who convinced her to marry him by promising they could create an egalitarian marriage.
Intended for publication, their vows omitted the then-common reference to wifely obedience and included a protest against marital law. She also set a new standard by retaining her maiden name. Public domain via the Library of Congress. Sally G. Read her previous blog posts.
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More respect for history please, dear folks. I love Love Lucy Stone for keeping. Im keeping. Im making a wbsite about her and a lot more. I look up to her as a child. She is a great ro-modle. Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life. Buy Now. By Sally G. Lucy Stone dedicated her life to improving the rights of American women. Anthony though Stone and the two would later be at odds , and in helped found the American Equal Rights Association.
She also organized and was elected president of the State Woman's Suffrage Association of New Jersey, and spent her life serving the cause. Stone died 30 years before women were finally permitted to vote August , on October 18, , in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Influential women's rights activist and abolitionist Lucy Stone was born on August 13, , in West Brookfield, Massachusetts. 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 and clearly driven, Stone was also unafraid to rebel against her parents' wishes. Having watched her older brothers attend college, the year-old Stone defied her parents and pursued a higher education.
In , Stone attended Mount Holyoke Seminary for just one term. Four years later, she enrolled at Oberlin College in Ohio. While Oberlin touted itself as a progressive institution, the school did not offer a level playing field for women.
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