Pembina in Pembina County, North Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Votes For Women
Road to the 19th Amendment
— National Votes for Women Trail —
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 28, 2022
1. Votes For Women Marker
Erected 2020 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 26.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Native Americans • 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 1863.
Location. 48° 58.372′ N, 97° 15.262′ W. Marker is in Pembina, North Dakota, in Pembina County. Marker is on State Highway 59 just north of West Rolette Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located along the walkway on the south side of the Pembina State Museum parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 805 North Dakota Highway 59, Pembina ND 58271, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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1. Marie Bottineau Baldwin.
In the early 1890s, Baldwin moved to Washington, DC, to fight for treaty rights for Native Americans. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed her a clerk in the Office of Indian Affairs. When Baldwin earned a degree from Washington College of Law in 1912, she was the school’s first woman of color and(Submitted on September 2, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)Indigenous woman graduate. She helped establish national alliances and networks of Native people as an officer in the Society of American Indians. She participated with other lawyers in the 1913 parade in Washington, DC, and was among the group of suffrage leaders who met with President Woodrow Wilson to enlist his support.
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2. Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin.
Early in her career, Marie believed that Native Americans needed to assimilate into European-American society to survive. Over time, as she became involved with the suffrage movement and the Society for American Indians (SAI), her views began to change. Instead of assimilation, Marie emphasized the value of traditional Native cultures while asserting her own (and therefore others’) place in the modern world as an Indian woman.(Submitted on September 2, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
3. Marie Bottineau Baldwin.
Marie Bottineau Baldwin was successful in her work as an espoused Society of American Indians member who dedicated most of her life to advocating for not only the rights of women, but the rights of Indigenous people. Bottineau Baldwin flaunted the modernity of being a Native woman when she said in an interview(Submitted on September 2, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)that she took great pride in being able to say she had been not only in a canoe and prairie schooner to attend the talks she has given, but also in a plane.Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 28, 20222. Votes For Women Marker(looking south • North Dakota Highway 59 in background)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 28, 2022
3. Votes For Women Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 2, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 268 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 2, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
