Wyoming in Wyoming County, New York — 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 Bruce Kelly, October 24, 2022

1. Votes for Women Marker

Inscription.
Susan Look Avery inspired Wyoming women's suffrage efforts. Local Political Equality Club, which met here, was renamed for her in 1901.

Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 170.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1901.

Location. 42° 49.637′ N, 78° 5.33′ W. Marker is in Wyoming, New York, in Wyoming County. It is on S Academy Street (New York State Route 19) north of Durfee Road, on the right when traveling north. Located in front of Wyoming Village Hall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wyoming NY 14591, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Finger Lakes.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of those Soldiers (within shouting distance of this marker); The Gaslight Village of, Wyoming 1809 (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Presbyterian Church (about 700 feet away); Forest Stewardship at The Bethany Park (approx. 3.4 miles away); In Memory of George F. Fleming (approx. 3½ miles away); In Honor of Those Who Served in Vietnam (approx. 4 miles away); County Forest (approx. 4 miles away); West Middlebury Baptist Church (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wyoming.

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, October 24, 2022

2. Votes for Women Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 25, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2022, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 257 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 24, 2022, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.