Edgewater in Lakewood in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Lakewood Women Get the Vote
Photographed By Grant & Mary Ann Fish, July 23, 2023
1. Lakewood Women Get the Vote Marker
Inscription.
Lakewood Women Get the Vote. . Women’s suffrage–the right for women to vote–was part of the women’s rights movement in the United States from the mid-1800s through the early 1900s. In 1912 and 1914, women’s suffrage was on the state ballot in Ohio. Both times, the issue failed statewide but passed in Lakewood. Led by Bernice Pyke, Lakewood women participated in the Suffrage Party of Greater Cleveland and gained support for their cause. Lakewood’s City Council put the suffrage issue on the local ballot in 1917. The male voters of Lakewood passed it, allowing women to vote in municipal elections. In 1919, Ohio ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, which was added to the U.S. Constitution in 1920 and granted women the right to vote in all elections. The Lakewood League of Women Voters was chartered in 1922 and remains active a century later.
Women’s suffrage–the right for women to vote–was part of the women’s rights movement in the United States from the mid-1800s through the early 1900s. In 1912 and 1914, women’s suffrage was on the state ballot in Ohio. Both times, the issue failed statewide but passed in Lakewood. Led by Bernice Pyke, Lakewood women participated in the Suffrage Party of Greater Cleveland and gained support for their cause. Lakewood’s City Council put the suffrage issue on the local ballot in 1917. The male voters of Lakewood passed it, allowing women to vote in municipal elections. In 1919, Ohio ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, which was added to the U.S. Constitution in 1920 and granted women the right to vote in all elections. The Lakewood League of Women Voters was chartered in 1922 and remains active a century later.
Erected 2020 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation; League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland-Lakewood Chapter; Lakewood Historical Society; Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 137-18.)
41° 29.736′ N, 81° 47.805′ W. Marker is in Lakewood, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Edgewater. Marker can be reached from Lake Avenue. The marker is located in front of the Lakewood Woman's Club Pavilion, which is at the north end of the Lakewood Park parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14532 Lake Ave, Lakewood OH 44107, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Grant & Mary Ann Fish, July 22, 2023
2. Marker in front of the Lakewood Woman's Club Pavilion
Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 3, 2023, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. This page has been viewed 61 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 3, 2023, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
