Lucy Stone

looking at the actions and lives of Lucy Stone, Clara Maass, and Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. For example, one admirable hero that can be looked up to is Lucy Stone. She is a hero because she spoke up for women's rights and slavery. Lucy helped create the first national Woman's Rights Convention. Not only did Lucy help pass the 1st Amendment, but she also was the first person to get the public to really think about how women were treated and what few rights they had. Lucy is truly a hero that will never

that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.” - Lucy Stone. My peron did many things that not many women would think of doing because they were not allowed. She is the reason why you may know her would be for helping protect women’s rights; this was Lucy Stone. She has always been against things like slavery and fighting for women's rights since she was little but she only became world know once she was

Lucy Stone was born in West Brookfield, Massachusetts on August 13, 1818. She was one of nine Stone children.Her parents, Francais Stone and Hannah Matthew, were both committed abolitionists. Stone was surrounded by anti-slavery growing up due to her parents. Stone was extremely intelligent and strong. She had no issue going against her parents wishes. When she was 16 years-old she sought higher education that her older siblings had settled for. In 1839, Stone attended Mount Holyoke Seminary for

having natural born rights, such as the right to vote, to speak in public, access to equal education, and so forth, did not stop them to fight for their rights. Women's lives soon changed when Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony played a prominent role to help bring about change. Lucy Stone, an abolitionist, is one of the most important workers for women's suffrage and women's rights. When the Bible was quoted to her, defending the positions of men and women, she declared that

"’We, the people of the United States.’ Which ‘We, the people?’ The women were not included.” Lucy Stone was a committed, prominent women 's rights activist in the 19th century. Women at the time had very limited to no rights. Lucy Stone was one of the most influential activist of the Woman’s Rights Movement because she was involved in two associations, stood up for her personal beliefs ignoring others who disagreed, and spent the stretch of her existence helping women get equal rights. One of the

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone (Jones, 387). The Equal Rights Association was created to link the rights of white women and African Americans. However, due to Kansas voters who defeated a referendum proposing suffrage for both African Americans and white women in 1867, the two causes decided to separate. In 1869, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony found the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) while Lucy Stone and her husband, Henry Blackwell, found the rival

different races, and nationalities to come together as one for a common cause. These women are known today as idols, icons, and activists. Those women that took a stand when no one else would be: Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone. These women believed that all American women, just like men, deserve the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." - the Equal Rights Amendment Generations of women fought courageously for equality for decades. The ratification of the Nineteenth amendment was vindication for so many women across the country. After having spent so many years oppressed and unable to make way for themselves, women everywhere were growing tired of being unable to own property, keep their wages and the independence

influence from. I found out that Lucy Stone started the entire abolitionist act for women. Lucy Stone dedicated her life to getting a proper education. At the time women did not have an option to get an education or fight against slavery or even vote. I chose this topic because I believe women can do anything men can (get an education, job and vote). I have always been interested in female rights and I wanted to understand who stood up for women. I decided to choose Lucy Stone because she is the inspiration

Nineteen Amendment Although woman had many duties at home, church and in community, they had almost not political or legal rights. Women were seen as dependents of men and without any power. They were often thought just props that enhanced the social status of her husband by making him appear as a trustworthy family man to his community. By the 1840s a great amount of people began fighting for women’s right to be first class citizens. After the fifteenth amendment was passed in 1870 allowing African