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Marble City in Knoxville in Knox County, Tennessee — The American South (East 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 Janie Bitner
1. Votes for Women Marker
Inscription. Lizzie Crozier French, Tennessee Suffrage Leader, Founded Ossoli Circle in 1885 and Knoxville Equal Suffrage League in 1910.
 
Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 81.)
 
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 1885.
 
Location. 35° 57.144′ N, 83° 56.64′ W. Marker is in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County. It is in Marble City. Marker is at the intersection of Kingston Pike and Alcoa Highway (Tennessee Route 115), on the right when traveling west on Kingston Pike. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2511 Kingston Pike, Knoxville TN 37919, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 2111 Terrace Avenue (approx. 0.3 miles away); War Dog Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Longstreet's Headquarters (approx. 0.7 miles away); Bleak House (approx. 0.7 miles away); Fort Sanders U.D.C. Monument (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Assault Upon Fort Sanders (approx. 0.7 miles away); Fort Sanders
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(approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Fort Sanders (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Knoxville.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2023, by Janie Bitner of Knoxville, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 83 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on May 22, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photo   1. submitted on April 8, 2023, by Janie Bitner of Knoxville, Tennessee. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
 
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