Chambersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Hannah Patterson

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Hannah Patterson Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Robyn Young, November 5, 2020

1. Hannah Patterson Marker

Inscription. Pennsylvania State Chair, Woman's Suffrage Party and a National Advocate for Women's Suffrage. Wilson College Trustee 1913-1917, 1922-1937.

Erected 2020 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 23.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Education • Women. 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° 56.821′ N, 77° 39.223′ W. Marker is in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County. It is on Philadelphia Avenue (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles south of Kenwood Road, on the right when traveling south. This marker is located on the campus of Wilson College. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1015 Philadelphia Avenue, Chambersburg PA 17201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Mary B. Sharpe School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Wilson College (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Colhoun House (approx. half a mile away); Falling Spring Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Joseph Winters (approx. 0.6 miles away); John Brown

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(approx. 0.6 miles away); Old Franklin County Jail (approx. 0.6 miles away); Chambersburg (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chambersburg.

Additional keywords. Women's suffrage, suffragettes

Photographed by Robyn Young, November 5, 2020

2. Hannah Patterson Marker

Hannah Patterson

Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2020, by Robyn Young of Media, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 510 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2020, by Robyn Young of Media, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.