Lewes Historic District in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Votes for Women

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Votes for Women Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022

1. Votes for Women Marker

Inscription. Leah Burton, 1878-1968. State & Sussex Co. organizer and advocate for women's right to vote, 1915-1920. Lived here until 1920.

Erected 2020 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 50.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • 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 1920.

Location. 38° 46.6′ N, 75° 8.574′ W. Marker is in Lewes, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in the Lewes Historic District. It is on Shipcarpenter Street just south of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 Shipcarpenter St, Lewes DE 19958, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Delaware’s Beaches.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

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,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Hiram Rodney Burton House (a few steps from this marker); Milk House (within shouting distance of this marker); Burton-Ingram House (within shouting distance of this marker); Burton-Ingram House Addition (within shouting distance of this marker); Thompson Country Store (within shouting distance of this marker); Frederick E. Hudson

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Harbeson Railroad Station Privy (within shouting distance of this marker); Menhaden Fishing Industry (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lewes.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022

2. Votes for Women Marker

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 4, 2024

3. Votes for Women Marker

The historic marker in front of the renovated house.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 425 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 16, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on March 19, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York.