Best known for her tireless work for thirty-five years as editor of the Woman's Journal, the seminal suffrage publication begun by her parents, Alice Stone Blackwell was also a radical reformer, humanitarian, and translator. Blackwell was the daughter of Lucy Stone and Henry Browne Blackwell, also well-known suffragists and reformers; their active involvement in reform issues set the example for the way Blackwell conducted her own life. An accomplished journalist, her writing prowess and intellect were recognized even by her adversaries. Through her dedication to the suffrage cause, she educated the American public about the progress of the suffrage movement for more than three decades. Additionally, she actively supported humanitarian causes, both domestic and international, and fought censorship, discrimination, and injustice throughout her life.

Blackwell's mother is one of the lesser-known, yet significant, suffragists in antebellum New England. She was the first Massachusetts woman to receive a college...