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On this day, Lucy Stone was born to Francis Stone and Hannah Matthews. She was one of their nine children.
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Stone paid her own way through college. She graduated from Oberlin College with honors. She became the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a bachelor's degree.
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At this event, Stone was a celebrated leader. The inspiring speech she gave was printed in newspapers nationwide.
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Although she vowed to never get married, Lucy stone changed her mind and married Henry Blackwell. She did however, keep her maiden name.
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Lucy Stone gave birth to her only daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell on this day. Lucy had once had a son, but he was born prematurely and died.
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Lucy refused to pay taxes on her home in protest. She believed that women still endured taxation without representation because they did not have the right to vote. The gesture was widely publicized.
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This association was later succeeded by the League of Women's Voters in New Jersey in 1920. They both fought for women's rights.
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The National Women's Suffrage Association led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton oppose the 14th amendment because of language "male citizen." Lucy Stone disagrees saying that this will eventually lead to women's right to vote.
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Women in Massachusetts are granted the right to vote for the school committee. Stone is denied the right to vote unless she uses her husbands name.
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On this day, Lucy Stone died from stomach cancer. She did live to see the end of slavery, but died about 30 years before women were given the right to vote.
