SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Lucy Stone

1818 - 1893

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Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was an American orator, abolitionist and suffragist who was a vocal advocate for and organizer of 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, contrary to the custom of women taking their husband's surname. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Lucy Stone is the 513th most popular social activist (down from 455th in 2024), the 7,600th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,814th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Lucy Stone ranks 513 out of 840. Before her are Daniel De Leon, Christine Delphy, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Doina Cornea, Stephen Mallory, and Urani Rumbo. After her are Ruby Bridges, Ernestine Rose, Micaela Bastidas, Estela de Carlotto, Teuku Umar, and Hawa Abdi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Lucy Stone ranks 88. Before her are Wilhelm Camphausen, William M. Evarts, Joseph Roumanille, Jan Heemskerk, Ludwig Traube, and Ilya Berezin. After her are František Ladislav Rieger, Constantin von Wurzbach, Joseph Weydemeyer, Nikolay Milyutin, Henry Litolff, and József Szlávy. Among people deceased in 1893, Lucy Stone ranks 73. Before her are Charles of Mount Argus, James G. Blaine, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Duleep Singh, Richard Spruce, and Karl Bodmer. After her are Louis Ruchonnet, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Constantin von Wurzbach, Ion Emanuel Florescu, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, and Hamilton Fish.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucy Stone ranks 7,601 out of 20,380. Before her are Penn Badgley (1986), Chuck Daly (1930), Lola Falana (1942), Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971), and Washington Allston (1779). After her are Gregory La Cava (1892), Harry Porter (1882), Robert Parrish (1916), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), Alice Kober (1906), and Rod Serling (1924).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Lucy Stone ranks 71. Before her are William Lloyd Garrison (1805), Pretty Boy Floyd (1904), Tarana Burke (1973), Sam Childers (1963), Assata Shakur (1947), and Medgar Evers (1925). After her are Ruby Bridges (1954), Katie Eder (1950), Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954), Abraham Flexner (1866), Dorothea Dix (1802), and Lucy Parsons (1853).

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