Why was Lucy Stone so significant during the Progressive Era?

A. She founded the weekly feminist newspaper The Women's Journal and lectured for the American Anti-Slavery Society.

B. She staged pickets outside the Capitol and was jailed in service of the suffrage cause.

C. She was the first president of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association.

D. She was an African American journalist who wrote about racism and the separate-but-equal doctrine.

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Macey Macdonald

13 May, 01:05

Why was Lucy Stone so significant during the Progressive Era?

A. She founded the weekly feminist newspaper The Women's Journal and lectured for the American Anti-Slavery Society.

B. She staged pickets outside the Capitol and was jailed in service of the suffrage cause.

C. She was the first president of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association.

D. She was an African American journalist who wrote about racism and the separate-but-equal doctrine.

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Russell Love · Answer 1

Good Morning!

Lucy Stone was a nineteenth-century feminist and suffragist, responsible for various speeches and pickets. She is keenly remembered for her contribution to the cause of women through The Women's Journal and her participation in the American Anti-Slavery Society (a).

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