A Woman to Know: Lucy Stone
My name is the symbol of my identity, which must not be lost. — Lucy
(image via Library of Congress)
Lucy Stone was one of the most prominent speechmakers, protesters, abolitionists and writers to lead the early women's suffrage movement.
But that's not why she's memorialized in feminist textbooks.
She takes a place of honor in women's studies courses *because,* *most scandalously,* her whole life she went by her *maiden name* ... even after she got MARRIED (gasp!). Soon enough, feminists saying "eh" to husbands' surname were "Lucy Stoning."
Add to your reading list:
Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life (Sally G. McMillen)
Lucy Stone: Speaking Out for Equality (Andrea Moore Kerr)
Anonymous in Their Own Names (Susan Henry)
Read more:
I'm getting married. Should I change my surname? (The Guardian)
Are you a Lucy Stoner? (Ms. Magazine)
Why should women change their names on getting married? (BBC)
A new book places Lucy Stone at the forefront of women's suffrage (The Los Angeles Times)
A spouse by any other name (Deborah J. Anthony)
Lucy Stone (National Women's History Museum)
Wives debate right to maiden names (The New York Times)
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