Downtown in Evansville in Vanderburgh County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Lucia E. Blount
Road to the 19th Amendment
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Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023
1. Lucia E. Blount Marker
Evansville Equal Suffrage Society founded 1886 at home on this site. Later, leader for national women's suffrage in Washington D.C.
Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 142.)
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 1886.
Location. 37° 58.252′ N, 87° 33.944′ W. Marker is in Evansville, Indiana, in Vanderburgh County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of Southeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling north on Southeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard. Marker is at the southwest corner of the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 SE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Evansville IN 47713, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Tri-State Region and in Southern Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Home of Johnson Duncan Cox (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wabash and Erie Canal (approx. 0.2 miles away); McCurdy - Sears Building (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Wabash and Erie Canal
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Also see . . . Indiana Suffrage Leaders. Biographies of several early suffrage leaders in Indiana, including Lucia E. Blount, local instigator of the first Evansville suffrage group in 1886. (Roberta Heiman, League of Women Voters of Southwestern Indiana) (Submitted on June 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 29, 2023
2. Lucia E. Blount Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 25, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 239 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
