Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Suffrage Leader

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Suffrage Leader Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joanne Goodwin, July 28, 2019

1. Suffrage Leader Marker

Inscription. Marjorie Moore Brown worked for Nevada's vote & the Nineteenth Amendment. Suffrage meetings held here at Mizpah Hotel 1912-1914.

Erected 2019 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 6.)

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 1912.

Location. 38° 4.093′ N, 117° 13.853′ W. Marker is in Tonopah, Nevada, in Nye County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 6/95) and Brougher Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 N Main St, Tonopah NV 89049, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Mojave Desert

and in Central Nevada. 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 California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mizpah Hotel (here, next to this marker); "Big" Bill Murphy (within shouting distance of this marker); Belmont Mine Fire Mural (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Jim and Belle Butler (about 500 feet away); Tonopah (about 700 feet away); Verdi Lumber Company Coal Bin (about 800 feet away); Mizpah Mine Powder Magazine

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(approx. 0.2 miles away); Undiscovered Silver Vein (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tonopah.

Regarding Suffrage Leader. Brown was a county league chair and vice president of the Nevada Equal Suffrage Association. Her support of president Anne Martin during the last year of the campaign proved vital in keeping the organization united for the final push.

Installation of the Tonopah marker for the National Votes for Women Trail. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joanne Goodwin, November 22, 2019

2. Installation of the Tonopah marker for the National Votes for Women Trail.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 30, 2022, by Joanne Goodwin of Las Vegas, Nevada. This page has been viewed 301 times since then and 27 times this year. Last updated on May 21, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 30, 2022, by Joanne Goodwin of Las Vegas, Nevada. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.