Sandy Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland — 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.

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 2, 2023

1. Votes for Women Marker

Inscription. Caroline Hallowell Miller & Mary Bentley Thomas led Sandy Spring and Maryland campaigns for women's right to vote from 1883-1915.

Erected 2020 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 35.)

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.

Location. 39° 8.966′ N, 77° 1.309′ W. Marker is in Sandy Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Bentley Road north of Olney Sandy Spring Road (Maryland Route 108), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 17910 Bentley Rd, Sandy Spring MD 20860, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

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 one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Olney Inn Gas Lanterns (a few steps from this marker); Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Site (approx. ¼ mile away); History of the Sandy Spring Friends Meeting House (approx. ¼ mile away); The Sandy Spring Ash Tree (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Sandy Spring (approx. 0.7 miles away); Hallowed Ground (approx. 0.8 miles

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away); Mutual Memorial Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Good Hope Settlement / Hill Top Elementary School (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sandy Spring.

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 2, 2023

2. Votes for Women Marker

Additional plaque below the marker image. Click for full size.

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 2, 2023

3. Additional plaque below the marker

They rest in the
Sandy Spring Friends Meeting
Graveyard

Caroline Hallowell Miller
Row E, North, to the Lyceum

Mary Bentley Thomas
Row J, South, 40 yards

Nearby time capsule plaque image. Click for full size.

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 2, 2023

4. Nearby time capsule plaque

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 3, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.