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Long before there was a Me Too movement, there was Lucy Stone. This forward-thinking West Brookfield native was an adamant abolitionist who became a fierce suffragette. She spoke out against slavery and for women’s rights at a time when women were expected to been seen and not heard. Stone was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She was an ardent supporter of human rights, believed women and men to be equal and retained her surname after marriage. Her fiery speeches even…See More

Long before there was a Me Too movement, there was Lucy Stone. This forward-thinking West Brookfield native was an adamant abolitionist who became a fierce suffragette. She spoke out against slavery and for women’s rights at a time when women were expected to been seen and not heard. Stone was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She was an ardent supporter of human rights, believed women and men to be equal and retained her surname after marriage. Her fiery speeches even…See More