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Lucy Stoner
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English
Etymology
From en Lucy Stone -er, after Lucy Stone (1818–1893), the first married woman in the United States to carry her birth name through life.
Noun
1
en historical A member of the Lucy Stone League, a women's rights organization founded in 1921 that promoted the idea of women keeping their maiden names after marriage.
en eponyms
en Feminism