Midtown in Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Lavinia Gertrude Watson
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 20, 2021
1. Lavinia Gertrude Watson Marker
Inscription.
Lavinia Gertrude Watson. . A physician practicing during California's Gold Rush who was also a spiritualist, businesswoman, and leading Sacramento suffragist. When Sacramento officials denied her the vote, she sued the city on the grounds that as a taxpaying citizen, she had the right to decide how those taxes were spent. Through her practice as a physician and midwife, Waterhouse began writing letters to the Sacramento papers arguing for voting and economic rights and composing pro-suffrage poetry for the leading feminist papers of the time while also painting pictures based on women's rights themes. Upon her death in 1890, she bequeathed all her property to the building of a retirement home for elderly women, a final act of consideration capping a life of frontier empathy and devotion.
A physician practicing during California's Gold Rush who was also a spiritualist,
businesswoman, and leading Sacramento suffragist. When Sacramento officials denied
her the vote, she sued the city on the grounds that as a taxpaying citizen, she had the
right to decide how those taxes were spent. Through her practice as a physician and
midwife, Waterhouse began writing letters to the Sacramento papers arguing for voting
and economic rights and composing pro-suffrage poetry for the leading feminist papers of
the time while also painting pictures based on women's rights themes. Upon her death
in 1890, she bequeathed all her property to the building of a retirement home for elderly
women, a final act of consideration capping a life of frontier empathy and devotion.
Location. 38° 34.536′ N, 121° 28.881′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Midtown. Marker can be reached from the intersection of K Street and 19th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1900 K Street, Sacramento CA 95811, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. This is one of nineteen markers that comprise the 19th Amendment Outdoor museum, erected in 2020 as part of the "I Vote" project, honoring suffragettes and their work.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 20, 2021
2. Lavinia Gertrude Watson Marker - wide view
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 119 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 26, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
