At the request of Lucy Stone Anthony performed much of the organizational work for the 1859 national convention and Stanton did the same in 1860 .
Lucy Stone is another leading activist who had organized several of the National Women 's Rights Conventions during the 1850s .
At the request of Lucy Stone , another leading activist who had organized several of the National Women 's Rights Conventions during the 1850s , Anthony performed much of the organizational work for the 1859 national convention and Stanton did the same in 1860 .