LEADER 04487nam 2200577 450 001 9910788066203321 005 20230807204624.0 010 $a0-19-938505-X 010 $a0-19-977843-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000585691 035 $a(OCoLC)898176483 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10997342 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001383048 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12527171 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001383048 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11474916 035 $a(PQKB)11756857 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1890733 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1890733 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10997342 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL678868 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000585691 100 $a20150108h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLucy Stone $ean unapologetic life /$fSally G. McMillen 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (355 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-47586-5 311 $a0-19-977839-6 330 $a"In the rotunda of the nation's Capital a statue pays homage to three famous nineteenth-century American women suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott. "Historically," the inscription beneath the marble statue notes, "these three stand unique and peerless." In fact, the statue has a glaring omission: Lucy Stone. A pivotal leader in the fight for both abolition and gender equality, her achievements marked the beginning of the women's rights movement and helped to lay the groundwork for the eventual winning of women's suffrage. Yet, today most Americans have never heard of Lucy Stone. Sally McMillen sets out to address this significant historical oversight in this engaging biography. Exploring her extraordinary life and the role she played in crafting a more just society, McMillen restores Lucy Stone to her rightful place at the center of the nineteenth-century women's rights movement. Raised in a middle-class Massachusetts farm family, Stone became convinced at an early age that education was key to women's independence and selfhood, and went on to attend the Oberlin Collegiate Institute. When she graduated in 1847 as one of the first women in the US to earn a college degree, she was drawn into the public sector as an activist and quickly became one of the most famous orators of her day. Lecturing on anti-slavery and women's rights, she was instrumental in organizing and speaking at several annual national woman's rights conventions throughout the 1850s. She played a critical role in the organization and leadership of the American Equal Rights Association during the Civil War, and, in 1869, cofounded the American Woman Suffrage Association, one of two national women's rights organizations that fought for women's right to vote. Encompassing Stone's marriage to Henry Blackwell and the birth of their daughter Alice, as well as her significant friendships with Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and others, McMillen's biography paints a complete picture of Stone's influential and eminently important life and work. Self-effacing until the end of her life, Stone did not relish the limelight the way Elizabeth Cady Stanton did, nor did she gain the many followers whom Susan B. Anthony attracted through her extensive travels and years of dedicated work. Yet her contributions to the woman's rights movement were no less significant or revolutionary than those of her more widely lauded peers. In this accessible, readable, and historically-grounded work, Lucy Stone is finally given the standing she deserves"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"A biography of Lucy Stone, who, while often overshadowed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and others, played a pivotal role in the woman's rights movement and fought for gender equality throughout her life"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSuffragists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen's rights$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aSuffragists 615 0$aWomen's rights$xHistory 676 $a324.6/23092 686 $aHIS036060$aSOC028000$2bisacsh 700 $aMcMillen$b Sally G$g(Sally Gregory),$f1944-$0874374 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788066203321 996 $aLucy Stone$93820867 997 $aUNINA