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Stone, Lucinda, 1814-1900


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    • Hinsdale, Lucinda, 1814-1900
    • Hensdell, Lucinda H., 1814-1900

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      • found: Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, 23 cm:t.p. (Lucinda Hinsdale Stone) p.1 (b. Lucinda Hinsdale, Sept. 30, 1814) p. 350 (d. March 14, 1900)
      • found: ancestry.com website, viewed Nov. 4-5 2014:Michigan Deaths and burials index, 1867-1995 (Lucinda H. Stone / Lucinda H. Hensdell), b. abt. 1815 in Vermont; d. 14 Mar 1900 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 85 yo., teacher; father Aaron Hensdell, mother Lucinda Mitchell); US Find-a-grave (Lucinga Stone / Lucinda Hinsdale, b. 30 Sept. 1814 in Vermont, buried in Mountain Home Cemetery in Kalamazoo, spouse James Andrus Blinn Stone; son James Helm Stone; bio on page indicates Lucinda H. Stone was a native of Hinesburgh, Vt. to Aaron and Lucinda Hinsdale. Educated at Hinesburgh Academy and the Female Seminaries of Middlebury and Burlington, Vt. She traveled extensively in Europe, Egypt and Asia. She married Rev. James Stone June 10 1840 in Kent County Michigan. Principal of the ladies department of Kalamazoo College, also a journalist of note. First American woman to take young ladies abroad for educational travel and was one of the pioneer organizers of literary clubs. A former teacher, became the leading advocate for education reform and for equal educational rights for women during the latter half of the 19th century in Michigan.Together with her husband, Dr. James Blinn Stone, Lucinda was responsible for the founding of the Kalamazoo Baptist College (now Kalamazoo College), where for some years she served as principal of the Female Department. She eventually encountered active opposition in this position, particularly with respect to her attempt to combine the teaching of literature with her strongly held views on abolition and feminism. Because of her advocacy of women's rights and her close association with leading feminists of the day, such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone, she was ultimately forced to resign her office with the college in 1863. Following her resignation, she devoted her life to the cause of women's education by founding the Women's Club movement in Michigan and acting as a leader of education reform.In 1870, largely as a result of Lucinda Hinsdale Stone's efforts, the first female student, Madelon Stockwell, was admitted to The University of Michigan. This climaxed an almost 15-year struggle with the Regents of the University on this issue. In overcoming the bitter opposition of former University President Tappan (who wrote, "After [the admission of women] no advancement is possible...") and others of like mind, Lucinda Hinsdale Stone made what was, perhaps her greatest contribution to the women of Michigan, thus setting in motion forces that remain an issue to this day.); 1880 US Census (Lucinda Stone, 66 yo, correspondent, living in Higgins township, Roscommon county, Michigan); 1860 US Census (Lucinda Stone, Principal, living in Kalamazoo, Mich.); 1850 US Census (Lucinda Stone, Kalamazoo, Michigan)

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