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Etymology

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Lucy +‎ Stone +‎ -er, after Lucy Stone (1818–1893), the first married woman in the United States to carry her birth name through life.

Noun

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Lucy Stoner (plural Lucy Stoners)

  1. (historical) A member of the Lucy Stone League, a women's rights organization founded in 1921 that promoted the idea of women keeping their maiden names after marriage.