Lucy Stone Thesis

Lucy Stone was an abolitionist and women’s rights activist who helped lead and inspire men, women, and children to the causes of anti-slavery and women’s rights movements. She helped found several associations, was the first women in Massachusetts to graduate college, and gave lectures and speeches which converted many to causes she supported.
Stone converted many to the causes she supported and laid a foundation for others to follow in her footsteps. She worked weekdays speaking about women’s rights and weekends lecturing for the abolitionist society. When she got married in 1855, she kept her maiden name because she didn’t want to imply wifely obedience. “It is her 1852 speech at the National Woman's Rights Convention in Syracuse, New York, which is credited for converting Susan B. Anthony to the cause of women’s rights.” (nps.gov). Stone spoke about inaccurate translations from Latin to English in the bible, which led to the belittling of
Her father believed men were the superior sex and that women should not go to college, but should instead do housework. When Lucy told her father she wanted to expand her education and go to college, her father refused to financially support her. Instead, she got a part-time teaching job at 16. “Teaching salaries reinforced her awareness of discrimination and determined to better herself “ Stone had to save up her money for 9 years until she was finally able to go to college at age 25, and even after she entered college, she continued to support herself by working part-time (nwhm.org). This is historically significant because she was the first woman from Massachusetts to graduate from college, which inspired women across the United States to further expand their education. Today, both women and men attend college and it is not out of the ordinary for either sex to do