Henry Browne Blackwell

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Henry Browne Blackwell

Born May 4, 1825
Bristol, England
Died September 7, 1909
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Occupation Activist
Spouse Lucy Stone
Children Alice Stone Blackwell

Henry Browne Blackwell or sometimes Henry Brown Blackwell (May 4, 1825 – September 7, 1909) was an American advocate for social and economic reform. He was one of the founders of the Republican Party and the American Woman Suffrage Association. He published Woman's Journal starting in 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts with Lucy Stone. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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[edit] Birth

He was born in England, the son of sugar refiner Samuel Blackwell. The father moved his family to the United States in 1832, first living in New York City, and later in New Jersey. The father's interest in social reform was passed on to his children.

[edit] Siblings

  • Samuel Charles Blackwell, was the husband of Antoinette Brown, the first woman ordained in a recognized church in the United States, and also a prominent speaker in the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements.
  • Elizabeth Blackwell, was the first female graduate of a medical school in the United States and the first to practice medicine.
  • Emily Blackwell was the third woman to receive a U.S. medical degree.

[edit] Marriage

He married Lucy Stone on May 1, 1855. Lucy was the college friend of his brother's wife, Antoinette Brown. Lucy and Antoinette met at Oberlin College. Lucy Stone refused to use her husband's name and continued to use her own. Their daughter Alice Stone Blackwell was another leader for women's rights and also for the prohibition of alcohol. [5] [6] He died of inflammation of the bowels in 1909. [2]

[edit] Timeline

  • 1825, May 4 Born, Bristol, England
  • 1832 Emigrated with his family to the United States
  • 1853 Made his first speech for woman suffrage at convention in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1855, May 1 Married Lucy Stone, and on the same day published with her a joint protest against the inequalities of the marriage law
  • 1855-1868 Engaged in bookselling, sugar refining, and real estate
  • 1869-1901 Chiefly engaged in work for the American Woman Suffrage Association (after 1890, the National American Woman Suffrage Association)
  • 1872-1893 Coeditor, Woman's Journal
  • 1893-1909 Editor, Woman's Journal
  • 1909, September 7 Died, Dorchester, Mass.

[edit] Archive

[edit] Writings

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Henry B. Blackwell's plans", The Boston Globe, September 12, 1909. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. "Bimetallism on a Gold Standard His Solution of Currency Question. Henry B. Blackwell has written a letter putting forward this plan of financial reform. He says: ..." 
  2. ^ a b "Dr. Henry B. Blackwell.", New York Times, September 8, 1909, Wednesday. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. 
  3. ^ "Jersey Women Voted in 1776. Used Ballot Till 1807, When Democrats Abolished It, H. B. Blackwell Says.", New York Times, March 7, 1909, Wednesday. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. "Henry B. Blackwell, the venerable advocate of equal suffrage, and husband of the late Lucy Stone Blackwell, has written to Mrs. Alexander Christie, President of the Woman's Political Study Club of Bayonne, recounting some interesting researches he has made of the early struggles of women for the ballot. He says that the time of the Revolution women in New Jersey had the right to vote, but later, by various enactments, they were disfranchised." 
  4. ^ Henry B. Blackwell, The Lesson of Colorado. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  5. ^ "Simple Tribute to his Memory", The Boston Globe, September 12, 1909. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. "Services for Henry B. Blackwell. Conducted by Rev Borden P. Bowne at Forest Hills. Ashes Will Rest in Urn With Those of his Wife. ..." 
  6. ^ "Alice Blackwell, Noted Suffragist; Daughter Of Lucy Stone And Abolitionist Leader Dies. Editor, Author Was 92.", New York Times, March 16, 1950, Thursday. Retrieved on 2007-06-21. "Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 15, 1950 (AP) Alice Stone Blackwell, internationally known women's suffrage leader, died tonight at her home after a week's illness. Her age was 92."