Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Votes For Women

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Votes For Women Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 24, 2021

1. Votes For Women Marker

Inscription. Legislators debated passing Federal and State Suffrage Amendments here in 1920. Suffragists held a public rally in support of the 19th Amendment.

Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 66.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Women. In addition, it is included in the National Votes for Women Trail, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists.

Location. 30° 26.798′ N, 91° 11.4′ W. Marker is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is on South River Road south of North Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. Located on the grounds of the Old State Capitol Museum. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baton Rouge LA 70802, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Florida Parishes.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Founding Of Baton Rouge (within shouting distance of this marker); Slim Harpo (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Louisiana's Old State Capitol (about 300 feet away); Old State Capitol (about 300 feet away); Caroline Durieux (about 300 feet away); Site of Spanish Battery, 1779 (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Old State Capitol (about 300 feet away); Battle of Baton Rouge (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Baton Rouge.

Other markers no longer nearby. Old State Capitol (was about 300 feet away but has been confirmed missing); Baton Rouge Confederate Monument (was about 400 feet away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 24, 2021

2. Votes For Women Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 252 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 25, 2021, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.