Central in Denver in Denver County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Votes for Women

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Votes for Women Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 25, 2021

1. Votes for Women Marker

Inscription. Home of Margaret Brown, ‘Titanic’ survivor & national advocate for Suffrage & Labor Rights. Proposed as candidate for U.S. Senate 1914.

Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 58.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Government & Politics • Labor Unions • 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 1914.

Location. 39° 44.245′ N, 104° 58.855′ W. Marker is in Denver, Colorado, in Denver County. It is in Central. It is on Pennsylvania Street north of East 13th Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Located near the sidewalk at the SW corner of the Molly Brown House. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver CO 80203, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Colorado’s Front Range.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Molly Brown House Museum (a few steps from this marker); The Molly Brown House (a few steps from this marker); His Holiness, Pope John Paul II (approx. 0.2 miles away); USS Colorado BB-45 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Armenian Genocide (approx. ¼ mile away); Logan’s Memorial Day Order (approx. ¼ mile away); Irving Hale (approx. ¼ mile away); Colorado State Capitol Time Capsule (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Denver.

Also see . . .
1. Decades Before Women Had The Right To Vote, Margaret Brown Was A Fierce Bandit For Human Rights. (from Forbes, 2/28/2020) Brown was a child of immigrants. Her father dug ditches. When she became a multimillionaire she believed in sharing her wealth. “She was able to really throw her money at these causes,” says Scanlan. She championed homes for pregnant girls, fought for immigrants rights and labor rights. (Submitted on July 25, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. What Would Margaret Do?.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 25, 2021

2. Votes for Women Marker

Located in front of the Molly Brown House.

Margaret herself had become active as early as the 1890s after a trip to the Chicago Democratic Convention, her first real experience within the political realm, Margaret was transformed. She was enrolled in the National Women’s Suffrage Association even as early as the Brown’s Leadville days. Only two years since the couple had made their money and moved to Denver, Margaret was already starting to embrace the fire that we would come to remember her by. She would fuel this passion for equality by lecturing across the country, rallying at the capital, and most important of all, she would do what she did best in Denver... hold fundraisers. (Submitted on July 25, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. A Right to Vote!. Margaret wrote newspaper articles published around the country and gave lectures advocating not only for equal rights for women but equal rights for all. Her lectures included speaking out about human rights and women’s suffrage. In early 1914, Margaret set her sights on the senate seat held by U.S. Senator Charles Thomas. Margaret was endorsed by the National Women’s Suffrage Association,

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the Congressional Union and both the Progressive and Democratic parties of Denver. (Submitted on July 25, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 498 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 25, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.