Lucinda Hinsdale Stone | |
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| Born | Lucinda Hinsdale September 30, 1814 Hinesburg, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | March 14, 1900 (aged 85) |
| Pen name | L. H. S. |
| Occupation | feminist, educator, traveler, journalist, philanthropist |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Honorary Degree LL.D., University of Michigan |
| Spouse | |
| Relatives | Elihu Burritt, Emma Willard, Maria Mitchell |
Lucinda Hinsdale Stone (pen name, L. H. S.; September 30, 1814 – March 14, 1900) was an early American feminist, educator, traveler, writer, and philanthropist. Stone was the first woman in the United States to take classes of young women abroad to study,[1] that means to illustrate history and literature.
She came to Kalamazoo, Michigan with her husband as president of Kalamazoo College, which was then a part of the University of Michigan. She taught there and she established co-education at the university. Through her influence, women were placed in the university's faculty and scholarships were awarded to women. She believed in self-development for service and was directly responsible for founding fifty woman's literary and study clubs in the Midwestern United States. She was awarded the Honorary Degree LL.D., by the University of Michigan.[2]
Stone advocated for women's voting rights and educational opportunities, in addition to abolition of slavery.[3] At the end of the 19th-century, Stone was the oldest woman journalist in Michigan, and was the honorary president of the Michigan Woman's Press Association. In 1890, she traveled the length of the Southern Peninsula to become a charter member and help organize the first Michigan Woman's Press Association.[4]
- ^ Literary Century 1893, p. 387.
- ^ National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution 1921, p. 394.
- ^ Griffin 1992, p. 21.
- ^ Literary Century 1893, p. 386.