Lucy Stone was considered a middle class citizen as she was able to graduate college just before the age of thirty. Throughout her time as an activist, she was also able to support herself financially with the help of her husband, Henry Browne Blackwell. Together they accomplished many things, one of them being creating and publishing the Woman’s Journal. The Woman’s Journal was a newspaper committed to promoting women's rights, including the right to suffrage and equality in the workplace, law, education, and politics. Lucy and Henry had a child named Alice Stone Blackwell, who was also an activist and carried on the Woman’s Journal after her mother’s death. Lucy's enthusiasm for education began at a young age, and at the age of sixteen, she decided to pursue a career in teaching as a means of funding her college education. According to Michals (2017), she attended Mount Holyoke for a semester in 1839, but the illness of her sister required her to return home. Following that, she enrolled in Ohio's Oberlin College in 1843. But Stone was not allowed to pursue her passion in public speaking, not even at a progressive college like
Lucy Stone was considered a middle class citizen as she was able to graduate college just before the age of thirty. Throughout her time as an activist, she was also able to support herself financially with the help of her husband, Henry Browne Blackwell. Together they accomplished many things, one of them being creating and publishing the Woman’s Journal. The Woman’s Journal was a newspaper committed to promoting women's rights, including the right to suffrage and equality in the workplace, law, education, and politics. Lucy and Henry had a child named Alice Stone Blackwell, who was also an activist and carried on the Woman’s Journal after her mother’s death. Lucy's enthusiasm for education began at a young age, and at the age of sixteen, she decided to pursue a career in teaching as a means of funding her college education. According to Michals (2017), she attended Mount Holyoke for a semester in 1839, but the illness of her sister required her to return home. Following that, she enrolled in Ohio's Oberlin College in 1843. But Stone was not allowed to pursue her passion in public speaking, not even at a progressive college like