[2][a] William had a wholesale business selling food, some of which came from the Stanton and Megee farms; machinery; lumber; and imported pottery from Europe.

The family lived in the "fashionable" West End district of Atlanta on Gordon Street (now Ralph D. Abernathy Boulevard) in a Greek Revival house.

The Stantons spent many winters in the Pontalba Buildings of New Orleans, where William managed the import of Caribbean sugar, molasses, and rice.

Koopman taught her to paint with originality and Reynolds introduced Stanton to parallel brush strokes, a new technique at the time.

[3] Stanton, who grew up in Atlanta during its recovery from the Civil War, created works of art that represented her southern heritage, including a set of scenes of African American life that she called her "Little Murals" series, that included Loading Cotton, Negroes Resting, and Aunt Liza's Porch.

Lucy gave private art lessons and at the Episcopal Deaconess Hospital trained as a practical charity nurse.

She had a studio at 70 Rue Notre-Dame des Champs in Paris,[2][3] where she had returned to study portrait painting with Lucien Simon and Jacques-Émile Blanche.

Her Mother and Child, a miniature portrait of her sister and nephew painted in 1905, won a Blue Ribbon the following year when it was exhibited at the New Salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

[citation needed] Stanton settled permanently in Athens in 1926[3] where she was active in the civic life of the city, lecturing on art and organizing exhibitions as well as promoting women's suffrage and campaigning for the League of Nations.

Stanton caught a chill in March 1931[3] and subsequently died of pneumonia in an Athens hospital and was buried in the city's Oconee Hill Cemetery.

[1][2] Her papers, correspondence, photographs of family members and her works, and other relevant documents spanning from 1899 to 1931 are held at the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the University of Georgia.