WAUKESHA – Speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, independent scholar and author Joelle Million will discuss the work of Lucy Stone, an orator and activist who advocated for women’s rights in antebellum America.
Sponsored by the campus University Convocations Committee, the Visions & Expressions presentation is set for Tuesday, March 8, at noon in Room 101 of the Commons on campus at 1500 N. University Dr. It is open to the public at no charge.
In her recently published book, Woman’s Voice, Woman’s Place: Lucy Stone and the Birth of the Woman’s Rights Movement, Million recognizes Stone as the heart and soul of the early movement for woman’s rights, emphasizing her precedence over the better-known Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The primary spokesperson of the early woman’s rights movement, Stone was an immensely popular and influential orator during the decade before the Civil War.
According to Million Stone not only spoke of a woman’s rights but was one of the first women to earn a college degree, the first to strike for equal pay, to plead for women’s legal equality before American lawmakers, and to keep her birth name after marriage.
The book is Million’s first and the product of more than fifteen years of labor. She is working on a sequel, exploring Stone’s leadership of the American Woman Suffrage Association.
An Illinois native, Million earned a master’s degree in history from Minnesota State University-Mankato. She currently resides in western Massachusetts.
UW-Waukesha has the largest enrollment among the 13 freshman-sophomore University of Wisconsin Colleges campuses. For information about programs, admission, or financial aid, contact the Student Services office, (262) 521-5200 or visit waukesha.uwc.edu.
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