1968 50c Prominent Americans: Lucy Stone

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U.S. #1293
50¢ Lucy Stone
Prominent Americans Series
 
Issue Date: August 13, 1968
City: Dorchester, MA
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method:
Rotary Press
Color: Rose magenta
 

Birth of Lucy Stone

1968 50¢ Lucy Stone stamp
US #1293 was issued on Stone’s 150th birthday.  She was the first woman honored in the Prominent Americans Series.

Abolitionist and suffragist Lucy Stone was born on August 13, 1818, in West Brookfield, Massachusetts.  Stone dedicated her life to helping women receive the same rights as men.  She was the first woman from her state to earn a college degree and is considered the “heart and soul” of the women’s rights movement.

From an early age, Stone realized that women were not treated equally to men in American society.  They had fewer rights, and were even paid significantly less for the same jobs.  She was determined to rise above such accepted inequality.  When she was 16, Stone began teaching at local schools.  She received $1 a day, far less than that of the male teachers.  She opposed this and pressed for equal wages, though she never matched the male rate of pay.

1968 Stone Classic First Day Cover
US #1293 – Classic First Day Cover

Stone was determined received the highest level education she could.  She initially went to Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, but was disappointed in Mary Lyon’s stances on slavery and women’s rights, so she left after one term.  In 1843, Stone enrolled in Oberlin College, which accepted female students and even granted them degrees.  However, she saw that the injustices against women continued even at the progressive school.  Despite this, she graduated in 1847, becoming the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree.

 1970 6¢ Woman Suffrage 50th Anniversary stamp
US #1406 – Stone helped found several women’s rights and suffrage organizations during her life.

Stone went on to work for William Lloyd Garrison’s American Anti-Slavery Society.  In that role, she wrote and gave speeches in favor of abolition and joined in women’s rights activities.  Soon, she was being paid more than many male lecturers.  While Stone didn’t attend the 1848 Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention, she began corresponding with some of its organizers and other leading suffragists.  In 1850, Stone helped organize the first National Women’s Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts.  She would attend and preside over several more conventions in the years to come.

 1960 4¢ American Woman stamp
US #1152 – Stone has been called “the orator,” the “morning star,” and the “heart and soul,” of the women’s rights movement.

In 1855, Stone married abolitionist Henry Blackwell, brother of Elizabeth Blackwell.  In a decision that was unusual for the time, Stone kept her birth name (even today, women who continue to use their maiden names after marriage are sometimes called “Lucy Stoners”).  Stone stressed independence after marriage and publicly campaigned for women’s rights and equal pay.  She fought for the right to vote, refusing to pay property taxes under a theory that it was “taxation without representation.”

1948 3¢ 100 Years of Progress of Women stamp
US #959 – Stanton worked closely with Stone and said that “Stone was the first speaker who really stirred the nation’s heart on the subject of woman’s wrongs.”

During the Civil War, Stone helped form the Women’s National Loyal League, which fought for the emancipation of African Americans and the passage of the 13th Amendment.  During Reconstruction, she helped found the American Equal Rights Association (AERA), which worked to attain equal voting rights for people of any gender or race.  However, an 1869 meeting saw a division of the group – with one side supporting the 15th Amendment (granting voting rights to African American men) and the other side opposing the amendment because it did not include women’s suffrage.

1936 3¢ Susan B. Anthony stamp
US #784 – Stone, Stanton, and Anthony have been called the “triumvirate of women’s suffrage and feminism.”

As a result, the group was split into two new organizations, with Stone at the head of the moderate American Woman Suffrage Association.  It was their goal to get the 15th Amendment passed and then work on women’s suffrage on a state by state basis.  Years later, in 1887, the two groups reconciled and merged, forming the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

1995 32¢ Women's Suffrage stamp
US #2980 – Her goal of women’s suffrage was finally achieved in 1919.

Stone registered to vote in Massachusetts in 1879, when women were permitted to vote in some local elections.  However, she was denied the right to vote because she didn’t use her husband’s last name.  Stone made her final speech at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and died later that year, on October 18, 1893.

 
Prominent Americans Series
The Prominent Americans Series recognizes people who played important roles in U.S. history. Officials originally planned to honor 18 individuals, but later added seven others. The Prominent Americans Series began with the 4¢ Lincoln stamp, which was issued on November 10, 1965. During the course of the series, the 6¢ Eisenhower stamp was reissued with an 8¢ denomination and the 5¢ Washington was redrawn.
 
A number of technological changes developed during the course of producing the series, resulting in a number of varieties due to gum, luminescence, precancels and perforations plus sheet, coil and booklet formats. Additionally, seven rate changes occurred while the Prominent Americans Series was current, giving collectors who specialize in first and last day of issue covers an abundance of collecting opportunities.
 
The 50¢ Prominent Americans stamp honors Lucy Stone. The first woman included in the Prominent American series, Lucy Stone championed the women's suffrage and anti-slavery movements. After her marriage to noted abolitionist, Henry Blackwell, she continued to use her maiden name to support her claim, "There is no law that requires a wife to take her husband's name.
 

 

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U.S. #1293
50¢ Lucy Stone
Prominent Americans Series
 
Issue Date: August 13, 1968
City: Dorchester, MA
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method:
Rotary Press
Color: Rose magenta
 

Birth of Lucy Stone

1968 50¢ Lucy Stone stamp
US #1293 was issued on Stone’s 150th birthday.  She was the first woman honored in the Prominent Americans Series.

Abolitionist and suffragist Lucy Stone was born on August 13, 1818, in West Brookfield, Massachusetts.  Stone dedicated her life to helping women receive the same rights as men.  She was the first woman from her state to earn a college degree and is considered the “heart and soul” of the women’s rights movement.

From an early age, Stone realized that women were not treated equally to men in American society.  They had fewer rights, and were even paid significantly less for the same jobs.  She was determined to rise above such accepted inequality.  When she was 16, Stone began teaching at local schools.  She received $1 a day, far less than that of the male teachers.  She opposed this and pressed for equal wages, though she never matched the male rate of pay.

1968 Stone Classic First Day Cover
US #1293 – Classic First Day Cover

Stone was determined received the highest level education she could.  She initially went to Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, but was disappointed in Mary Lyon’s stances on slavery and women’s rights, so she left after one term.  In 1843, Stone enrolled in Oberlin College, which accepted female students and even granted them degrees.  However, she saw that the injustices against women continued even at the progressive school.  Despite this, she graduated in 1847, becoming the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree.

 1970 6¢ Woman Suffrage 50th Anniversary stamp
US #1406 – Stone helped found several women’s rights and suffrage organizations during her life.

Stone went on to work for William Lloyd Garrison’s American Anti-Slavery Society.  In that role, she wrote and gave speeches in favor of abolition and joined in women’s rights activities.  Soon, she was being paid more than many male lecturers.  While Stone didn’t attend the 1848 Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention, she began corresponding with some of its organizers and other leading suffragists.  In 1850, Stone helped organize the first National Women’s Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts.  She would attend and preside over several more conventions in the years to come.

 1960 4¢ American Woman stamp
US #1152 – Stone has been called “the orator,” the “morning star,” and the “heart and soul,” of the women’s rights movement.

In 1855, Stone married abolitionist Henry Blackwell, brother of Elizabeth Blackwell.  In a decision that was unusual for the time, Stone kept her birth name (even today, women who continue to use their maiden names after marriage are sometimes called “Lucy Stoners”).  Stone stressed independence after marriage and publicly campaigned for women’s rights and equal pay.  She fought for the right to vote, refusing to pay property taxes under a theory that it was “taxation without representation.”

1948 3¢ 100 Years of Progress of Women stamp
US #959 – Stanton worked closely with Stone and said that “Stone was the first speaker who really stirred the nation’s heart on the subject of woman’s wrongs.”

During the Civil War, Stone helped form the Women’s National Loyal League, which fought for the emancipation of African Americans and the passage of the 13th Amendment.  During Reconstruction, she helped found the American Equal Rights Association (AERA), which worked to attain equal voting rights for people of any gender or race.  However, an 1869 meeting saw a division of the group – with one side supporting the 15th Amendment (granting voting rights to African American men) and the other side opposing the amendment because it did not include women’s suffrage.

1936 3¢ Susan B. Anthony stamp
US #784 – Stone, Stanton, and Anthony have been called the “triumvirate of women’s suffrage and feminism.”

As a result, the group was split into two new organizations, with Stone at the head of the moderate American Woman Suffrage Association.  It was their goal to get the 15th Amendment passed and then work on women’s suffrage on a state by state basis.  Years later, in 1887, the two groups reconciled and merged, forming the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

1995 32¢ Women's Suffrage stamp
US #2980 – Her goal of women’s suffrage was finally achieved in 1919.

Stone registered to vote in Massachusetts in 1879, when women were permitted to vote in some local elections.  However, she was denied the right to vote because she didn’t use her husband’s last name.  Stone made her final speech at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and died later that year, on October 18, 1893.

 
Prominent Americans Series
The Prominent Americans Series recognizes people who played important roles in U.S. history. Officials originally planned to honor 18 individuals, but later added seven others. The Prominent Americans Series began with the 4¢ Lincoln stamp, which was issued on November 10, 1965. During the course of the series, the 6¢ Eisenhower stamp was reissued with an 8¢ denomination and the 5¢ Washington was redrawn.
 
A number of technological changes developed during the course of producing the series, resulting in a number of varieties due to gum, luminescence, precancels and perforations plus sheet, coil and booklet formats. Additionally, seven rate changes occurred while the Prominent Americans Series was current, giving collectors who specialize in first and last day of issue covers an abundance of collecting opportunities.
 
The 50¢ Prominent Americans stamp honors Lucy Stone. The first woman included in the Prominent American series, Lucy Stone championed the women's suffrage and anti-slavery movements. After her marriage to noted abolitionist, Henry Blackwell, she continued to use her maiden name to support her claim, "There is no law that requires a wife to take her husband's name.