New Castle Hundred in New Castle 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 Mike Waldon, October 12, 2024

1. Votes for Women Marker

Inscription. Women munitions workers at former Bethlehem Steel Plant south of here jailed in Washington DC protesting for women's suffrage 1917-1919.

Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 97.)

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 1917.

Location. 39° 39.095′ N, 75° 35.2′ W. Marker is near New Castle, Delaware, in New Castle County. It is in New Castle Hundred. It can be reached from River Road (Delaware Route 9) 0.3 miles west of Deemers Beech Access, on the left when traveling south. The marker can be reached by walking the trail from the Deemer's Beach River Access parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 950 River Rd, New Castle DE 19720, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and on the Eastern

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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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Bellanca Airfield (approx. 0.9 miles away); Penn Farm (approx. one mile away); The Italian Community of New Castle, Delaware (approx. one mile away); New Castle Italian Immigrant Memorial (approx. one mile away); The River Road (approx. 1.1 miles away); Booker T. Washington School No. 109C (approx. 1.1 miles away); The First House Constructed by Guido DeAscanis in 1932 (approx. 1.2 miles away); General Thomas Holcomb (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Castle.

Also see . . . National Votes for Women Trail (NVWT). National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites (NCWHS) (Submitted on March 9, 2023.)

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 19, 2022

2. Votes for Women Marker

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 19, 2022

3. Votes for Women Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 318 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 15, 2024, by Mike Waldon of Lafayette, Louisiana. 2, 3. submitted on November 22, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.