Background
Stone, Lucy was born on August 13, 1818 in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Francis and Hannah (Matthews) Stone.
Stone, Lucy was born on August 13, 1818 in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Francis and Hannah (Matthews) Stone.
Graduate Oberlin College, 1847.
Teacher, Quaboag Seminary, Warren, Massachusetts, Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. Became lecturer for Anti-Slavery Society, 1848. Headed 1st national woman’s rights convention, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1850, arranged for annual convs.
Member Executive Committee of newly-formed American Equal Rights Association, 1866. President New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association, 1867. A founder New England Suffrage Association, 1868.
A founder American Woman Suffrage Association, concentrated on gaining suffrage by states. A founder and financial backer Woman’s Journal (organ of women’s rights), 1870-1893, joint editor with husband, 1872-1893. A leader Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association (organized 1870).
Member Executive Committee of newly-formed American Equal Rights Association, 1866.
Married Henry Brown Blackwell, May 1, 1855, 1 daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell.