(Spellman) Rubenstein (a well known poet and author from the turn of the century),[2] Stone married William Silberberg, a labor reporter, in 1927 with whom she had two sons they raised in the Washington, D.C. area where later in life she won prizes as a gardener and ceramist.

[6] Asking if Stone's writing is feminist[6] is complicated by her use of contemporary aspects of the pulp science fiction genre, specifically male narrators and viewpoints.

[2][6] While her work is not explicitly feminist,[5] her writing often critiques masculinity and its role in science[2][5][6][7][8] and often frames her stories with positive images of strong female characters and societies.

[1][5][9][10] Stone, herself, wrote in her unpublished "Reminiscences" that she chose to deliberately take advantage of her androgynous name, using only her middle initial to avoid the give-away gendered spelling of Frances.

[11] Indeed, she encountered several instances of sexism while trying to publish science fiction in the pulps and recalls hostile reactions from both editors (including Campbell and Conklin) and fans who learned she was a woman.