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Downtown Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

Votes for Women

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

 
 
Votes for Women Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joanne Goodwin, November 14, 2019
1. Votes for Women Marker
Inscription. Delphine Squires and the Mesquite Club sponsored suffrage speakers 1912-1914. Club met at the Las Vegas school on this site until 1915.
 
Erected 2019 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 7.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil RightsWomen. 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 1912.
 
Location. 36° 9.941′ N, 115° 8.661′ W. Marker is in Las Vegas, Nevada, in Clark County. It is in Downtown Las Vegas. It is on South 4th Street just south of Lewis Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 401 S 4th St, Las Vegas NV 89101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Nevada’s Mojave Desert. It is also in the American Southwest and in the Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta
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California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ralph Louis Engelstad (within shouting distance of this marker); First Church Built in Las Vegas (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Joan Of Arc (approx. 0.2 miles away); Historic Preservation (approx. 0.2 miles away); Original Homesite of a Las Vegas Pioneer: Charles 'Pop’ Squires (approx. 0.2 miles away); Las Vegas High School / Las Vegas High School Neighborhood (approx. Ό mile away); Manneken Pis (approx. Ό mile away); Las Vegas High School (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Las Vegas.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Historic 5th Street School (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); County Courthouses (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Regarding Votes for Women. This marker is part of the National Votes for Women Trail, a suffrage centennial (2020) project of the National Collaborative for Women's History Sites.
 
Additional keywords. suffrage; women's voting rights; Las Vegas
 
Votes for Women Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Joanne Goodwin, circa 2020
2. Votes for Women Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 29, 2022, by Joanne Goodwin of Las Vegas, Nevada. This page has been viewed 417 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 29, 2022, by Joanne Goodwin of Las Vegas, Nevada. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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