Adding to the Women in History ("WIH") series around New England.
These are historical puzzles celebrating women who are famous or infamous.
Do not go to the listed coordinates. The cache is not there, although the sign there is related to the cache.
To find the cache, read the description here and answer the questions. All answers can be found here (though some are also on the signage at the cache waypoint given). Permission to place the cache was kindly granted by The Trustees.
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Placed on the 106th annivesary of Lucy Stone's birth.
From Wikipedia
Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was an American orator, abolitionist and suffragist who was a vocal advocate for and organizer of 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. Stone was also known for using her birth name after marriage, contrary to the custom of women taking their husband's surname.
Stone's organizational activities for the cause of women's rights yielded tangible gains in the difficult political environment of the 19th century. Stone helped initiate the first National Women's Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts and she supported and sustained it annually, along with a number of other local, state and regional activist conventions. Stone spoke in front of a number of legislative bodies to promote laws giving more rights to women. She assisted in establishing the Woman's National Loyal League to help pass the Thirteenth Amendment and thereby abolish slavery, after which she helped form the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), which built support for a constitutional amendment by winning woman suffrage at the state and local levels.
From the sign (see waypoint) at the home site (corrected):
The Lucy Stone Home Site is 61 acres of forested land located on the eastern shoulder of Coys Hill in West Brookfield. This rural, forested landscape is considerably changed from when Stone herself grew up here. Importantly, this is where Stone formed her opinions that would later establish her as one of the country's preeminent advocates for women’s rights. Indeed, if Stone were alive today it is doubtful she would recognize the Home Site due to its transformation. Despite the obvious changes to the landscape and the fact that the house, barn, fields, and open views of the nearby hills and valleys no longer exist, this land and the foundations remain the most tangible features associated with her early life. As a result, and despite its condition, the site attracts people interested in Stone and her life. Some years after her death, but prior to the house and barn burning down in 1950, hundreds of admirers made a pilgrimage to celebrate her birthday at the old home site. During this celebration "speeches were made on the lawn, a memorial tree was planted, and a tablet was placed upon the house.”
Although nothing remains of the tree and tablet, people continue to make pilgrimages to the Home Site. With the Site's permanent protection this tradition can continue in perpetuity. The Lucy Stone Home Site is owned and managed by The Trustees, a Massachusetts non-profit with more than 100 places throughout the state. Trustees preserve, for public use and enjoyment, properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts. Funding for signage and promotional material is provided by The Quaboag Historical Society.
THE PUZZLE:
Solve for N 042 1A.BCD W 072 1E.FGH
A The house burned down in 1 9 __ 0. OK
B The last number in the year of Stone’s death plus 1.
C Add the 4 digits in the year Stone earned a college degree, use the last number of the two digit answer.
D The last digit of the day in her date of death October 1_ .
E The first digit of her birthdate, August __ 3. OK
F The number of the given amendment she helped pass, minus 8. OK
G The two digits in the site’s acreage, added together plus 2.
H The first two digits in her birth year minus the first two of her death year. (Alternately, the last two digits of birth year minus day of death number.)
There is parking near the cache.