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Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
Lucy Stone, 13 Oct 1818 - 18 Oct 1893  Search this
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")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1855
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.
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Costume\Outerwear\Shawl  Search this
Cased object  Search this
Lucy Stone: Female  Search this
Lucy Stone: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher  Search this
Lucy Stone: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor  Search this
Lucy Stone: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist  Search this
Lucy Stone: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Civil rights activist\Suffragist  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; conservation made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian's Collections Care and Preservation Fund
Object number:
NPG.77.271
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4f14591bd-c047-4f31-85bf-45dc209db17d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.77.271