Lucy Stone Quotes


We have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.


Citations

Sewall, May Wright, editor. The World's Congress of Representative Women. Rand, McNally & Company, 1894, p. 469.

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Lucy Stone
Lucy Stone
  • Born: August 13, 1818
  • Died: October 18, 1893
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Activist

Lucy Stone was a prominent U.S. orator, abolitionist, and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women. In 1847, Stone became the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She spoke out for women's rights and against slavery. Stone was known for using her birth name after marriage, the custom being for women to take their husband's surname.