Meanings
nounLucy Stoner (plural Lucy Stoners)
plural Lucy Stoners
- historicalA 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.
Origin
From Lucy + Stone + -er, after Lucy Stone (1818–1893), the first married woman in the United States to carry her birth name through life.
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APA
Lucy Stoner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lucy%20Stoner
MLA
“Lucy Stoner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lucy%20Stoner. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lucy Stoner,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lucy%20Stoner.
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