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Alice Stone Blackwell 1857-1950, was an American feminist, journalist and human rights defender. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...


The daughter of Henry Brown Blackwell and Lucy Stone. She was born in East Orange, New Jersey, graduated from Boston University in 1881. She was an editor (1881-1917) of the Woman's Journal, the major publication of the women's rights movement at that time. First as assistant to her parents and after their death as editor in chief. Henry Browne Blackwell (1825 - 1909). ... Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was an American suffragette, the wife of abolitionist Henry Brown Blackwell (1825-1909) (the brother of Elizabeth Blackwell) and the mother of Alice Stone Blackwell, another prominent suffragette, journalist and human rights defender. ... East Orange is a city located in Essex County, New Jersey. ... State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D) Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th)  - Land 19,231 km²  - Water 3,378 km² (14. ... Boston University is a non-sectarian private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Editor in chief is a publications primary editor. ...


Alice wrote her mothers biography, Lucy Stone: Pioneer of Woman's Rights (ISBN 0813919908), which was published in 1930 and again in 1971 (2nd edition).


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Alice Stone Blackwell - Biography (836 words)
Alice Stone Blackwell was born September 14, 1857 in Orange, New Jersey before her parents returned to Boston in 1870.
Her mother, Lucy Stone, was the first woman to earn a college degree in Massachusetts, the first woman to keep her maiden name when she married and she was also the first woman to speak full-time on woman’s rights; Lucy Stone is credited for introducing the woman’s rights movement to Susan B. Anthony (Balakian 95).
Alice remained the editor in chief of the Woman’s Journal for thirty-five years—until 1918—and then began writing her mother’s biography, Lucy Stone: Pioneer of Woman’s Rights which was published in 1930.
The Honored Women (701 words)
When the baby was a few months old, Stone refused to pay the bill for the taxes on her house on the grounds that it was “taxation without representation.” The town responded by auctioning off her household goods.
Stone curtailed her lecturing during the first years of Alice’s life and was just returning to the lecture circuit when the Civil War began.
Although Stone was deeply disappointed, she supported ratification of both the 14th Amendment and the 15th, which enfranchised fl men.
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