LibGuides: Lucy Stone: Introduction

Born: August 13, 1818

Birthplace: Coy's Hill, near West Brookfield, Massachusetts

Died: October 18, 1893

Place of death: Dorchester, near Boston, Massachusetts

A gifted orator and activist for the abolitionist movement, Stone was the first woman to speak out full time for women’s rights, and she devoted her life to the struggle for woman suffrage and equal rights.

[Lucy Stone. By: Townsend, Kenneth William, Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia, 2023]

Biographical Information

"A story of the life-work of Lucy Stone" written by her daughter, Alice Stone Blackwell
Stone, Lucy from West's Encyclopedia of American Law(Vol. 9. 2nd ed.)
Stone, Lucy (1818-1893) from Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages(Vol. 2. )
Stone, Lucy from Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America(Vol. 3. )
Woman's Journal (founded by Stone and Blackwell) from American History Through Literature 1870-1920(Vol. 3. )

Lucy Stone between 1840 and 1860

A sepia colored photo of a middle aged Lucy Stone.

Lucy Stone circa 1866

Lucy Stone

A black and white photograph of Alice Stone Blackwell's family with the Spofford family.

Alice Stone Blackwell's family with the Spoffords. From left, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Henry Spofford (Librarian of Congress), Alice Stone Blackwell, Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, Miss Spofford, and Mrs. Spofford.

Lucy Stone, with Alice Stone Blackwell, half-length portrait of a woman, seated, facing slightly right, holding baby

Lucy Stone with Alice Stone Blackwell as an infant.

Portrait of Lucy Stone, painted by Ida Bothe (1881)

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles F. D. Belden, niece of Lucy Stone, to the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, 1966

Lucy Stone: Introduction