Marriage
Blackwell married Lucy Stone on May 1, 1855 after a two-year courtship. In support of women's rights, Blackwell decided that he would publicly renounce all non-mutual rights given legally to the husband in a marriage. At the wedding, the couple read out a "Marriage Protest" that they had written together. In the same vein, and contrary to common practice, Stone continued to use her own name after marriage.
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