Lucy Stone was a major contributor and leader for supporting her cause of equality among everyone regardless of race or gender and she had taken many powerful approaches to stand up for what she had believed in. An approach that Lucy Stone took to help achieve civil rights for women and African Americans was when she had advanced her education by graduating from college in 1847 when almost no women or African Americans in the U.S. were allowed to attend college. Also, she had majorly organized, participated in Women's Rights conventions, wrote speeches speaking for equal rights, joined organizations to support Women’s Rights and Abolitionism. Stone’s efforts to contribute towards equal rights for all races and gender had given more freedom
