Justice is better than chivalry if we cannot have both.
-Alice Stone Blackwell
Alice Stone Blackwell was a suffragist and humanist who was a leading writer of the cause. Blackwell’s mother founded a women’s rights paper called the Women’s Journal. Blackwell, being born into the cause, eventually became editor of the paper that her mother had founded. She remained editor for thirty-five years. Blackwell also aided in the creation of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This association was dedicated to achieving the right for women to vote. Through her persuasive writings, she aided to the cause of women’s rights.
