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Daguerreotype of Lucy Stone, American suffragist between 1840 and 1860

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Lucy Stone was a prominent women’s rights activist and abolitionist born in West Brookfield Massachusetts (1818-1893).

• Lucy Stone was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She acquired her degree from Oberlin College, the first college to admit both women and African Americans.

• Stone constantly tested the boundaries of gender norms.

  She publicly spoke about political and social topics, wore a form of pants, and even refused to take her husband’s last name after marriage.

• Her efforts and accomplishments had major contributions to the abolitionist movements of the time.

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Additionally, she had a substantial hand in helping women gain the right to vote. This was all accomplished via her tenacity and activism. (Summary by Kate Mask