Near Richmond in Madison County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Mary Barr Clay

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 23, 2022

1. Mary Barr Clay Marker

Inscription. Childhood home Pres., Amer. Woman Suffrage Assoc. 1883. Addressed U.S. House of Reps. in support of women's suffrage 1884.

Erected 2018 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 3.)

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 1883.

Location. 37° 49.962′ N, 84° 21.086′ W. Marker is near Richmond, Kentucky, in Madison County. Marker can be reached from White Hall Shrine Road (Kentucky Route 3055) 0.4 miles south of Fox Town Road. Marker is in White Hall State Historic Site. It is along the driveway in front of the main house, approximately 100 yards from the house. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 White Hall Shrine Rd, Richmond KY 40475, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Laura Clay (1849-1941) (a few steps from this marker); White Hall State Historic Site (within shouting distance of this marker); Abraham Lincoln & Cassius Marcellus Clay (within shouting distance of this marker); Kentucky & the Emancipation Proclamation (within shouting

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distance of this marker); White Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Richmond Garden Club (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stone Kitchen (about 600 feet away); “Lion of White Hall” (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Also see . . .
1. Mary Barr Clay. Wikipedia entry on the suffragist, who joined the women's rights movement after her parents' divorce left her mother homeless. (Submitted on July 26, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Mary Barr Clay. Among the first women in Kentucky to advocate for women's suffrage, she argued before the U.S. House Judiciary Committe that men needed a woman’s “sense of justice and moral courage,” while women needed “the ballot for self-protection.” (William G. Pomeroy Foundation) (Submitted on July 26, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

3. Mary Barr Clay, Speech before U.S. House Judiciary Committee. Text from her March 8, 1884 speech, in which she noted boys and girls are treated the same but upon adulthood "the boy becomes a free human being, while the girl remains a

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 23, 2022

2. Mary Barr Clay Marker

slave, a subject." (Randolph Hollingsworth, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online, posted March 23, 2018)) (Submitted on July 26, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Mary Barr Clay (1839-1924) image. Click for full size.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others, History of Woman Suffrage (Volume III) (Public Domain), 1886

3. Mary Barr Clay (1839-1924)

White Hall, the Clay family home image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 23, 2022

4. White Hall, the Clay family home

Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 204 times since then and 20 times this year. Last updated on May 3, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 26, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.