Oregon City in Clackamas County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)
Abigail Scott Duniway
Rebel for Rights
The third in a family of fourteen, Abigail "Jenny" Scott traveled west in 1852. Her father assigned her the task at age seventeen to write a diary of the journey. Abigail's vivid word pictures captured the sights, sounds, and tragedies of the Trail - including the deaths of her mother and beloved youngest brother, Willie.
After arriving in Oregon, Abigail married Ben Duniway. His health problems and financial mismanagement thrust on her the role of "bread winner." She reared her family, taught, made and sold hats, and turned her Oregon Trail experiences into literature. She wrote Captain Gray's Company (1859) and numerous other novels.
A regional leader of the suffrage movement for 42 years, Duniway edited and published the New Northwest from 1871-87. She traveled, lectured, exhorted, and finally got the right to vote in 1912. Duniway died in 1915, a nationally acclaimed proponent of women's rights.
"Man without a woman is like one-half of a pair of dislocated shears." Abigail Scott Duniway, Speech to National American Women Suffrage Association, 1899.
Erected by End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Settlements & Settlers • Women.
Location. 45° 21.868′ N, 122° 35.666′ W. Marker is in Oregon City, Oregon, in Clackamas County. Marker can be reached from Washington Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1726 Washington Street, Oregon City OR 97045, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Fishing At Tumwater (here, next to this marker); Lot Whitcomb (a few steps from this marker); Earthquakes and Mountain Fog (a few steps from this marker); Sidney W. Moss (a few steps from this marker); Medorem Crawford (a few steps from this marker); Clackamas Chinook (a few steps from this marker); Wagons (within shouting distance of this marker); The Trail of Tears (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oregon City.
More about this marker. This marker is located next to the End Of Oregon Trail Interpretive Center facing outward towards Abernethy Green.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 270 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 17, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. 3. submitted on February 18, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.