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Lucy Stone

Portrait Gallery

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    Object Details

    Artist

    Unidentified Artist

    Sitter

    Lucy Stone, 13 Oct 1818 - 18 Oct 1893

    Exhibition Label

    Born West Brookfield, Massachusetts
    Lucy Stone was unequivocal in her opposition to slavery and her support for women’s rights. Yet, when some abolitionists argued that her antislavery efforts should take precedence, she replied, “I was a woman before I was an abolitionist.” Stone helped to organize the first national women’s rights confer- ence in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1850, and lectured widely on the topic of women’s suffrage. When she married Henry Blackwell in 1855, she defied tradition by retaining her maiden name. In 1866, Stone became a founder of the American Equal Rights Association, which sought to secure voting rights for African Americans and women.
    Nacida en West Brookfield, Massachusetts
    Lucy Stone era firme opositora de la esclavitud y defensora de los derechos de la mujer. Pero cuando ciertos abolicionistas alegaron que sus esfuerzos antiesclavistas debían tener precedencia, respondió: “Antes que abolicionista, fui mujer”. Stone ayudó a organizar la primera conferencia nacional sobre los derechos de la mujer en Worcester, Massachusetts, en 1850, y dio conferencias acerca del sufragio femenino. En 1855 se casó con Henry Blackwell y rompió con la tradición conservando su apellido de soltera. En 1866 cofundó la Asociación Americana Pro Igualdad de Derechos, que abogaba por el voto para los afroamericanos y las mujeres.

    Credit Line

    National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; conservation made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian's Collections Care and Preservation Fund

    Date

    c. 1855

    Object number

    NPG.77.271

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    Photograph

    Medium

    Half-plate daguerreotype

    Dimensions

    Image/Sight: 13.1 × 10.1 cm (5 3/16 × 4")
    Mat (brass): 18.4 × 15.2 cm (7 1/4 × 6")
    Case open: 19.9 × 33.4 × 0.8 cm (7 13/16 × 13 1/8 × 5/16")
    Case closed: 19.9 × 16.9 × 2 cm (7 13/16 × 6 5/8 × 13/16")

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    National Portrait Gallery Collection

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Data Source

    National Portrait Gallery

    Topic

    Interior
    Printed Material\Book
    Costume\Outerwear\Shawl
    Cased object
    Lucy Stone: Female
    Lucy Stone: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher
    Lucy Stone: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Magazine editor
    Lucy Stone: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Abolitionist
    Lucy Stone: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Suffragist
    Portrait

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f14591bd-c047-4f31-85bf-45dc209db17d

    Record ID

    npg_NPG.77.271

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