Stepping Stone Lucy Stone played a large role in the women's rights movement and also was the first women to attend college in Massachusetts. Her and her husband stood up against societal norms and became an inspiration to couples across the nation. Lucy stone is significant in my eyes because I believe in women's rights. I greatly appreciate the women in history who paved the path, creating the society we are lucky to have today. I wanted to look deeper into women who were not necessarily front runners in the abolitionist movement, such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Lucy Stone sounded like a hard headed and interesting woman I felt I connected and resembled with. I wanted to look deeper into her impact on history and why
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She begins by giving a background on Stone’s future husband Henry Blackwell. Henry first became fascinated with Stone when he heard her speak before the Massachusetts legislature during his travels eastward to pursue his poetry. After hearing Stone’s speech he followed her to Massachusetts. It took him eighteen months of wooing to convince her to succumb to marriage. Blackwell was successful in convincing stone of marriage not because of its bonuses to her financial status but the benefit to her work. Stone and Blackwell discussed what their marriage would mean not under the current standards or marriage. Stone wanted the loving benefits of marriage, but not the vow of surrendering herself to a man, similar to slavery. After a long battle with her inner thoughts Stone finally agreed to marry Blackwell, sent him a short note to notify him of her acceptance. Stone continued her lecturing in December and along the way started compiling items for their future home together. Blackwell believed that a “true marriage” should be similar to a business agreement. That said, while both traveling and lecturing a marriage agreement contracting the protection of Stone’s property and earnings was drawn up. Blackwell then proposed that the couple drafts a document in which they protest the laws that deprived a married woman of equal rights. Stone and Blackwell married each other in Stone’s home on Coy’s Hill at seven o'clock in the morning on Tuesday, May 1st. During their marriage ceremony a final draft of the protest was read. A following sprouted after the marriage, couples were starting to follow in the footsteps of the Stone-Blackwell protest. During the summer of 1855 gossip spread of their marriage referring to Stone as “Mrs. Blackwell.” This struck a note in Stone’s morals as she believed adopting his name
She begins by giving a background on Stone’s future husband Henry Blackwell. Henry first became fascinated with Stone when he heard her speak before the Massachusetts legislature during his travels eastward to pursue his poetry. After hearing Stone’s speech he followed her to Massachusetts. It took him eighteen months of wooing to convince her to succumb to marriage. Blackwell was successful in convincing stone of marriage not because of its bonuses to her financial status but the benefit to her work. Stone and Blackwell discussed what their marriage would mean not under the current standards or marriage. Stone wanted the loving benefits of marriage, but not the vow of surrendering herself to a man, similar to slavery. After a long battle with her inner thoughts Stone finally agreed to marry Blackwell, sent him a short note to notify him of her acceptance. Stone continued her lecturing in December and along the way started compiling items for their future home together. Blackwell believed that a “true marriage” should be similar to a business agreement. That said, while both traveling and lecturing a marriage agreement contracting the protection of Stone’s property and earnings was drawn up. Blackwell then proposed that the couple drafts a document in which they protest the laws that deprived a married woman of equal rights. Stone and Blackwell married each other in Stone’s home on Coy’s Hill at seven o'clock in the morning on Tuesday, May 1st. During their marriage ceremony a final draft of the protest was read. A following sprouted after the marriage, couples were starting to follow in the footsteps of the Stone-Blackwell protest. During the summer of 1855 gossip spread of their marriage referring to Stone as “Mrs. Blackwell.” This struck a note in Stone’s morals as she believed adopting his name