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Macedon in Wayne County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Emma B. Sweet

 
 
Emma B. Sweet Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018
1. Emma B. Sweet Marker
Inscription.
Emma B. Sweet
1862-1951. Macedon native,
Susan B. Anthony's secretary
1895-1906. Sufferage worker,
speaker and advocate
for equal rights for all.

 
Erected 2017 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 370.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil RightsWomen. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list.
 
Location. 43° 4.01′ N, 77° 18.374′ W. Marker is in Macedon, New York, in Wayne County. It is at the intersection of West Main Street (New York State Route 31) and Poplar Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. Marker is at the town hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 32 West Main Street, Macedon NY 14502, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,
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North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Town of Macedon (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wilcoxen Home (about 500 feet away); In Memory of Our Fallen Civil War Soldiers (approx. 0.4 miles away); Macedon's Honor Roll (approx. half a mile away); Have You Wondered (approx. half a mile away); Bullis House (approx. Ύ mile away); First Settlers of Macedon (approx. 1.1 miles away); Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 60 Historic Site (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Macedon.
 
Emma B. Sweet Marker image. Click for full size.
November 9, 2017
2. Emma B. Sweet Marker
Emma B. Sweet Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, May 21, 2018
3. Emma B. Sweet Marker
View is westward.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 4, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 470 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on May 22, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.   2. submitted on December 31, 2018, by Deryn Pomeroy of Syracuse, New York.   3. submitted on May 22, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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