Five Women in History Who Stood for Women’s Rights in the 1800s
The courage of these five women during their time has contributed greatly to the women’s movement
1. Lucy Stone
Lucy Stone was an early advocate of women's rights and anti-slavery born in Massachusetts on August 13, 1818. In 1847 she became a lecturer for the anti-slavery movement. There, she worked as an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1850, she organized and participated in the First Worcester National Women's Rights Convention. She was credited for being responsible for converting Susan B. Anthony into joining the cause for women's rights after her powerful speech at the 1852 National Women’s Rights Convention in Syracuse.
In 1856, she became the president of the National Women’s convention which was held in New York City.
After her marriage to her husband Henry Blackwell in 1855, Lucy Stone made a firm decision to keep her own name instead of changing it to her husband’s. After the Civil War, she joined other supporters of the Fifteenth Amendment as a partial gain and dedicated her life to working as a women’s rights activist.
