Paris in Green Charter Township in Mecosta County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Anna Howard Shaw

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 4, 2017

1. Anna Howard Shaw Marker

Inscription.
Side 1 As a child in 1859, suffragist Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919) moved with her family from Massachusetts to Mecosta County. Her father soon returned east with two of his sons, leaving behind his wife and four younger children to endure extreme hardship on their 360-acre claim. Forced to take on traditionally male roles to survive, Anna believed women were equal to men. A teacher at age fifteen, she later became a minister, a physician, and an orator.

Side 2 In 1880 Anna Howard Shaw became the first woman ordained by the Methodist Protestant Church. She received a medical degree from Boston University in 1885 and tended to poor patients in that city. Shaw was a popular orator and leader in the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the National American Woman's Suffrage Association. Shaw died in 1919, but she lived to see Congress approve what became the nineteenth amendment, which granted women the right to vote.

Erected 2009 by Michigan Historical Commission - Michigan Historical Center. (Marker Number S720.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights •

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Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers • Women. In addition, it is included in the Michigan Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1859.

Location. 43° 47.162′ N, 85° 31.69′ W. Marker is in Green Charter Township, Michigan, in Mecosta County. It is in Paris. It is on 22 Mile Road 0.3 miles west of 220th Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Marker is across the street from Parkhill Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Paris MI 49338, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Michigan.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Paris Fish Hatchery (approx. 1.3 miles away); The William and Mable Porteous Depot (approx. 6.3 miles away); Historic Downtown (approx. 6.4 miles away); a different marker also named Historic Downtown (approx. 6½ miles

Anna Howard Shaw Marker - Side 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 4, 2017

2. Anna Howard Shaw Marker - Side 2

away); Ferris State College (approx. 6½ miles away); Fairman Building (approx. 6½ miles away); a different marker also named Historic Downtown (approx. 6½ miles away); Nisbett Block (approx. 6½ miles away).

Also see . . . Anna Howard Shaw. Wikipedia article (Submitted on August 10, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.)

Photographed by Joel Seewald, August 4, 2017

3. Anna Howard Shaw Marker

View looking east along 22 Mile Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 846 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 10, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.