Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Eugenie Marx

Road to the 19th Amendment

— National Votes for Women Trail —

Eugenia Marx Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 24, 2023

1. Eugenia Marx Marker

Inscription. Eugenie Marx first president Mobile Equal Suffrage Assn. Educated and organized Mobile women to fight for the right to vote. Lived here 1910-1915.

Erected 2021 by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 73.)

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. 30° 41.194′ N, 88° 3.141′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is on Government Street (U.S. 90) east of South Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 805 Government St, Mobile AL 36602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in Mobile Bay.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

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: Home of Raphael Semmes (a few steps from this marker); The Quigley House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (about 400 feet away); Old Church Street Cemetery - 1819 (about 400 feet away); The Bee Hive (about 600 feet away); Bringing back Broad / T.I.G.E.R. on Broad

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(about 700 feet away); James W. Roper (about 700 feet away); The Convent of Mercy (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

Also see . . . Pomeroy Foundation background on Eugenie Marx. (Submitted on June 24, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Eugenie Marx Marker outside outside the home that she and her family lived. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 24, 2023

2. Eugenie Marx Marker outside outside the home that she and her family lived.

Mobile Historic Development Commission marker on house. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 24, 2023

3. Mobile Historic Development Commission marker on house.

The colorful markers shown on the house are composed of two parts: the banner bears the name of the MHDC and beneath it the original owner’s name followed by the name of the present owner. The colorful shield displays the symbols of the 6 flags that have flown over Mobile--the French fleur-de-lis, the British Union Jack; the Spanish Royal Banner; the flag of the Republic of Alabama, and the 3rd National Flag of the Confederate States of America, and the flag of the United States.

Eugenie Marx Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, July 9, 2025

4. Eugenie Marx Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 24, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 503 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 24, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 4. submitted on July 15, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas.