Lucy Stone League
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The Lucy Stone League was an early 20th-century American feminist organization dedicated to women’s rights, particularly the right of married women to keep and use their own surnames.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feminist organization
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nonprofit organization ⓘ women's rights organization ⓘ |
| activity |
campaigns to change administrative practices
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legal advocacy ⓘ public education ⓘ |
| advocatedChangeIn |
administrative regulations on women's surnames
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customary law on married women's names ⓘ |
| advocatedRight |
use of a woman's birth surname on legal documents
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use of a woman's birth surname on passports ⓘ use of a woman's birth surname on voter registrations ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American feminism
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journalists and writers in New York ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| foundedBy |
Heywood Broun
NERFINISHED
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Jane Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruth Hale NERFINISHED ⓘ others ⓘ |
| goal |
to challenge patriarchal naming conventions
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to obtain legal recognition of women's surnames on official documents ⓘ to secure the right of women to retain their birth surnames after marriage ⓘ |
| hasGenderFocus | women ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-suffrage era in the United States ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early challenge to patriarchal naming norms in the U.S. ⓘ |
| ideology | feminism ⓘ |
| influenced |
discourse on marital naming conventions in the United States
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later feminist campaigns on naming rights ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Lucy Stone's refusal to take her husband's surname ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| mainFocus |
legal recognition of women's birth names after marriage
ⓘ
married women's right to keep their own surnames ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| movement |
women's rights movement
ⓘ
women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Lucy Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedFor | Lucy Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first American groups focused on women's surname rights
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campaigning for married women's right to keep their own names ⓘ |
| opposedPractice | automatic adoption of husband's surname by married women ⓘ |
| opposedTo | legal doctrines that subsumed a woman's identity under her husband's ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | membership organization ⓘ |
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