Título: Lucy Stone
Seção: Final appearance
Background: Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 - October 18, 1893) was a prominent U.S. orator, abolitionist, and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women. In 1847, Stone became the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She spoke out for women's rights and against slavery at a time when women were discouraged and prevented from public speaking. Stone was known for using her birth name after marriage, the custom at the time being for women to take their husband's surname.

Conteúdo: In 1892, Stone was convinced to sit for a portrait in sculpture, rendered by Anne Whitney, sculptor and poet. Stone had previously protested the proposed portrait for more than a year, saying that the funds to engage an artist would be better spent on suffrage work. Stone finally yielded to pressure from Frances Willard, the New England Women's Club and some of her friends and neighbors in the Boston area, and sat while Whitney produced a bust. In February 1893, Stone invited her brother Frank and his wife Sarah to come see the bust, before it was shipped to Chicago for display at the upcoming World's Columbian Exposition.  Stone went with her daughter to Chicago in May, 1893 and gave her last public speeches at the World's Congress of Representative Women where she saw a strong international involvement in women's congresses, with almost 500 women from 27 countries speaking at 81 meetings, and attendance topping 150,000 at the week-long event. Stone's immediate focus was on state referenda under consideration in New York and Nebraska. Stone presented a speech she had prepared entitled "The Progress of Fifty Years" wherein she described the milestones of change, and said "I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned." Stone met with Carrie Chapman Catt and Abigail Scott Duniway to form a plan for organizing in Colorado, and Stone attended two

user: when was the final appearance?

assistant: in May, 1893

user: where was the final appearance?

assistant: at the World's Congress of Representative Women

user: what was the reason for the congress?

assistant: focus was on state referenda under consideration in New York and Nebraska.

user: why was it the final appearance?

assistant: Stone was diagnosed as suffering from advanced stomach cancer

user: what did she do at the conference?

assistant: Stone presented a speech she had prepared entitled "The Progress of Fifty Years

user: what did she say in the speech?

assistant: said "I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know

user: what else did she say?

assistant: their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned."

user: was her speech effective enough to bring change?

assistant: Colorado, and Stone attended two days of meetings about getting a woman suffrage drive restarted in Kansas.

user: who was Colorado?

assistant: form a plan for organizing in Colorado,

user: what happened after the final appearance?

assistant: She wrote final letters to friends and relatives. Having "prepared for death with serenity and an unwavering concern for the women's cause,"