Lucy Stone

She was born near West Brookfield, Mass., on Aug. 13, 1818. She Disagreed with her father's belief that men should be dominant over women.With this, Lucy undertook to educate herself and was graduated from Oberlin College in 1847.She was the first woman in Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She toured the country, lecturing against slavery for the Anti-slavery society and also advocating equality for women. She was an organizer of the first national women's rights convention held in Worcester, Massechusetts, in 1850.She then focused on winning equality for women, generally through legislation, and often in vain. She helped organize the American woman's suffrage association in 1869. finally, she died on October 18, 1893 and she was the first person and woman in New England to be cremated.