Midtown in Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Juno Frankie Seay Pierce

19th Amendment Outdoor Museum

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 20, 2021

1. Juno Frankie Seay Pierce Marker

Inscription.
An African American educator and suffragist. Pierce opened the Tennessee Vocational School for Colored Girls in 1923, and she served as its superintendent until 1939. The daughter of a slave, Pierce addressed white women at the inaugural convention of the Tennessee League of Women Voters, held in the Tennessee Capitol in May 1920.

In her address, Frankie Pierce asked, "What will the Negro woman do with the vote? Yes, we will stand by the white women. We are optimistic because we have faith in the best white women of the country, of Nashville. We are going to make you proud of us, because we are going to help you help us and yourselves.” She continued, "We are interested in the same moral uplift of the community in which we live as you are... We are asking only one thing-a square deal."

Erected 2020 by Maren Conrad.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Women.

Location. 38° 34.533′ N, 121° 28.903′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is

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in Midtown. It is on 19th Street near K Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1900 K Street, Sacramento CA 95811, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Sacramento Valley

and specifically in the Central Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (here, next to this marker); Gertrude Weil (here, next to this marker); Mary Church Terrell (here, next to this marker); Sara Plummer Lemmon (a few steps from this marker); Naomi Anderson (a few steps from this marker); Maria Guadalupe Evangelina de Lopez (a few steps from this marker); Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (a few steps from this marker); Laura de Force Gordon (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map

Juno Frankie Seay Pierce Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 20, 2021

2. Juno Frankie Seay Pierce Marker - wide view

The marker is visible on the far right.

of all markers in Sacramento.

More about this marker. This is one of nineteen markers erected in 2020 as part of the "I Vote" project, honoring suffragettes and their work, and thus forming the 19th Amendment Outdoor Museum.

Also see . . . Juneau Frankie Pierce (Tennessee Encyclopedia). (Submitted on April 20, 2021.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 20, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 439 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 20, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.