Lucy Stone: A Life - Hardcover

McMillen, Sally G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199778396 ISBN 13: 9780199778393

Publisher: OUP USA, 2015

Synopsis

By McMillen, Sally G. ( Author ) [ Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life By Jan-2015 Hardcover

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Review:

[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)

The details, particularly on financial bases of reform activism and land speculation, are an interesting backdrop for this biography of the formidable Stone ... Highly recommended. (E. Faue, CHOICE)

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0199778396
• ISBN 13: 9780199778393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360