Abolition, slavery & women’s rights
Lucy Stone
1818–1893
Massachusetts connection
West Brookfield, Worcester, and Boston
Stone spoke against slavery and worked for women’s voting rights. She helped organize the 1850 National Woman’s Rights Convention in Worcester and later worked on the Woman’s Journal. Speaking and publishing helped her share arguments with people who could not attend a meeting.
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Your turn, historian
Find a detail. Build an idea.
- What did this person or group do? Point to a detail in the reading.
- What unfair rule or practice did this person challenge, and how?
- What would you like to find out next? Which kind of source could help?
“Lucy Stone mattered because ___. A detail that supports my idea is ___.”
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Read the source: National Park Service ↗Ask: Who made this source? What can it tell us? What might it leave out?