露西•伯恩斯,同样终生未婚,但与爱丽丝不同的是,她后来退出了女性运动的队伍,之前的数次入狱与各种折磨让她身心疲惫不已,最后她说“I don’t want to do anything more. I think we have done all this for women, and we have sacrificed everything we possessed for them, and now let them fight for it now. I am not going to fight anymore.”(我不愿再做更多了。我认为我已经为女人们付了我所有的一切,做出了我的牺牲。现在,是让她们来继续战斗的时候了。我不准备再战。)露西后来做了一名虔诚的天主教徒,并领养了自己的孤儿侄女,余生平静再无波澜。