Introduction
Chapter One: A Massachusetts Childhood
Chapter Two: Oberlin Collegiate Institute
Chapter Three: "Well, Whether We Like It or Not, Little Woman, God
Has Made You an Orator!"
Chapter Four: "The Heart and Soul of This Crusade"
Chapter Five: "This Strange Union": Marriage and Motherhood
Chapter Six: War and Division, 1861 - 1869
Chapter Seven: Onward the Struggle, 1870 - 1888
Chapter Eight: "Make the World Better," 1890 - 1893
Sally G. McMillen is the Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History at Davidson College. Her books include Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement, Motherhood in the Old South: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infant Rearing, and To Raise Up the South: Sunday Schools in Black and White Churches, 1865-1915.
"[A] welcome addition. Written in a straightforward narrative
covering Stone's life from birth to death, Lucy Stone will appeal
to those who know little or nothing about her, a not insignificant
audience."--Leigh Fought, The Historian
"Sally McMillen has written the best kind of revisionist history
with her Lucy Stone
biography the kind that fills gaps in knowledge of centuries past.
Yes, Susan B. Anthony
and Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton deserve the fame they
achieved as
promoters of nineteenth-century women's rights. But Lucy Stone has
deserved greater
recognition for a long, long time. And now that recognition has
arrived in a thoroughly
researched, compellingly written biography."--Steve Weinberg,
author of Taking on
the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D.
Rockefeller
"Splendidly readable and superbly researched, Sally McMillen's
biography demonstrates
why Lucy Stone belongs in the pantheon of American woman
suffragists. Stone comes
to life in this vivid portraal of her humanitarian commitments,
organizational achievements,
and the complex interaction of public and private life. Scholars,
students, and
general readers will develop a new appreciation for this remarkable
person and her
struggles to 'make the world better.'"--Carol Lasser, Oberlin
College
"Steeped in research, this expert biography tracks the interplay of
radical impulse with
issues of leadership, policy, rivalry, and reputation. Always
lucid, always lively, it captures
the conflicts that absorbed the nineteenth-century women's movement
and shaped its
history. A fascinating story!"--Nancy Woloch, Barnard College
"In this richly researched and elegantly written biography, Sally
G. McMillen does a great
service by returning Lucy Stone to the center of the complex and
fascinating drama of
personalities and events in the nineteenth-century women's
movement."--J. Matthew Gallman, Professor of History, University of
Florida
"In this major biography, Lucy Stone finally gets her due as a
pioneer and an American
ahead of her time. With impeccable research and crisp prose, Sally
McMillen renders
an unforgettable portrait of an 'uncommon woman.'"--Catherine
Allgor, Director of
Education, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical
Gardens
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