Lucy Stone

© Photographed April 7, 2017
Erected 1930 by historian, Dr. C.V. Porter

Viroqua, Vernon County, Wisconsin

43.559889, -90.890571
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July 4, 1856, Lucy Stone 

"Morning Star of the Woman's

Rights movement" delivered

the first woman's rights addr- (sic)

ess and anti slavery speech

ever given by a woman in the

great northwest. The platform

broke down. Rising unhurt she

cried "So will this nation fall

unless slavery is abolished."
"The world for women has been

revolutionized largely thru

the efforts of Lucy Stone and

her co-workers."
Alice Stone Blackwell

The marker is located at Pioneer Cemetery and is accessible from northbound North Rock Avenue, between Church Street (to the south) and West Broadway Street (to the north), Viroqua, Wisconsin 54665.

Wikipedia: Lucy Stone

Mass Moments: Woman's Rights Pioneer Lucy Stone / Born August 13, 1818

These are also at this location:

• Historic Trail Marker: Lucy Stone Marker 
• Pioneer Cemetery

Daguerreotype of Lucy Stone, American suffragist

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The marker is located at Pioneer Cemetery in Viroqua, Wisconsin.