50c Lucy Stone single

Object Details

Date
August 13, 1968
Printer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Depicts
Lucy Blackwell Stone, American, 1818 - 1893
Description
This Prominent Americans Issue stamp depicts Lucy Stone, an American orator, abolitionist and suffragist. She wrote, and spoke, extensively about women’s rights. She helped organize the first National Women’s Rights Convention and was the co-founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association.
United States; Massachusetts; Lucy Stone; orator; speaker; abolitionist; suffragist; anti-slavery; women’s rights; National Women’s Rights Convention; American Suffrage Association; Woman’s Journal; activist; woman; politics; reformer; portrait
Place
United States of America
Topic
Humanitarian Causes
Women's Heritage
Organizations & Associations
U.S. Stamps
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Object number
1980.2493.5574
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (rose magenta); adhesive / engraving
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8a1bba5af-84f6-47b8-acd0-21d43a2866e7
Record ID
npm_1980.2493.5574