Downtown Austin in Travis County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Votes for Women

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Votes for Women Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, May 8, 2023

1. Votes for Women Marker

Inscription. Austin Equal Suffrage Assn. hosted rallies here in 1914. Jane McCallum, 1915-1917 president, worked to ensure TX ratified 19th Amendment, 1919.

Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 192.)

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 1914.

Location. 30° 16.325′ N, 97° 44.745′ W. Marker is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It is in Downtown Austin. It is at the intersection of West 9th Street and Guadalupe Street, on the left when traveling east on West 9th Street. Inside Wooldridge Square Park, next to Wooldridge Square marker. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 900 Guadalupe Street, Austin TX 78701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Texas.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Wooldridge Square (here, next to this marker); Booker T. Washington (here, next to this marker); 1933 Austin Public Library (within shouting distance of this marker); Wooldridge Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Austin's Moonlight Towers

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Hirshfeld Cottage (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bremond Block Historic District (about 500 feet away); Phillips-Bremond-Houston House (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Austin.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, May 8, 2023

2. Votes for Women Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 19, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.