Dearborn Homes in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Votes for Women

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Votes for Women - Ida B. Wells Alpha Suffrage Club Marker Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Sherry Williams, Oct1,2021

1. Votes for Women - Ida B. Wells Alpha Suffrage Club Marker Marker

Inscription. In 1913, Ida B. Wells-Barnett organized black-led Alpha Suffrage Club to promote women's right to vote. Former meeting site one block north.

Erected 2021 by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 99.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Women. In addition, it is included in the National Votes for Women Trail series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.

Location. 41° 50.312′ N, 87° 37.601′ W. Marker is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Dearborn Homes. It is on South State Street north of East 31st Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chicago IL 60616, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: John Simpson (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Our Hometown: Chicago (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Our Hometown: Chicago (approx. 0.2 miles away); Sidney A. Kent House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Unity Hall (approx. ¼ mile away); Armour Flats (approx. ¼ mile away); Paul Laurence Dunbar (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pilgrim Baptist Church (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.

Also see . . . Pomeroy Foundation page about this marker. (Submitted on May 3, 2022.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 26, 2022. This page has been viewed 526 times since then and 43 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on April 20, 2022, by Sherry Williams of Chicago, Illinois. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.

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