East Front Street Park in Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Women's Suffrage Parade

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 30, 2021

1. Women's Suffrage Parade Marker

Inscription. On May 2, 1914, the Delaware Congressional Union and Delaware Equal Suffrage Association held a parade in Wilmington. Approximately 400 suffragists marched from the Pennsylvania Railroad Station to the New Castle County Court House at 10th and Market Streets. The Wilmington Equal Suffrage Study Club, a Black women's suffrage organization, participated as a segregated group that was led by Mrs. Blanche Williams Stubbs. Once the parade reached the Court House, Colorado Senator John Shafroth and Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs of Illinois gave speeches to the crowd. The parade was part of a national effort to demonstrate women's readiness to vote.

Erected 2020 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number NCC-253.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Women. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 2, 1914.

Location. 39° 44.264′ N, 75° 33.015′ W. Marker is in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in East Front Street Park. It is at the intersection of 2nd Street

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and Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west on 2nd Street. Marker is in East Front Street Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 N Walnut St, Wilmington DE 19801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Wilmington Station (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station (about 500 feet away); Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church (about 500 feet away); Frank Furness Railroad District (about 500 feet away); The Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park (about 700 feet away); The Underground Railroad (about 700 feet away); The Great Railroad Boom (about 700 feet away); Delaware's Jewish Community

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 29, 2021

2. Women's Suffrage Parade Marker

Wilmington's Amtrak Station in distance behind marker

(about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wilmington.

Also see . . . Delaware and the 19th Amendment (National Park Service). (Submitted on October 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 297 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 30, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on October 30, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.