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Loch Raven in Towson in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Goucher College

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

 
 
Goucher College Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 28, 2020
1. Goucher College Marker
Inscription. Faculty & students campaigned for women’s suffrage, hosted suffrage seekers & marched in Washington DC 1913. Students picketed White House 1917.
 
Erected 2019 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 9.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil RightsEducationWomen. In addition, it is included in the National Votes for Women Trail, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.
 
Location. 39° 24.546′ N, 76° 35.767′ W. Marker is in Towson, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is in Loch Raven. It is on Goucher College Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1021 Dulaney Valley Rd, Towson MD 21286, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies
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and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: War of 1812 Cannon (within shouting distance of this marker); Goucher College Springhouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Fern Karesh Hurst '68 Terrace (approx. 0.2 miles away); Guth Memorial Gateway (approx. 0.2 miles away); Black & Decker (approx. half a mile away); Epsom Chapel (approx. 0.6 miles away); Prospect Hill Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Welcome to Hampton National Historic Site! (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Towson.
 
Goucher College Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 28, 2020
2. Goucher College Marker
Timeline of the Suffrage Movement at Goucher College image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 28, 2020
3. Timeline of the Suffrage Movement at Goucher College
Display from the unveiling ceremony on February 28, 2020.
The unveiling ceremony on February 28, 2020 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 28, 2020
4. The unveiling ceremony on February 28, 2020
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 28, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 390 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on February 28, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 28, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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