West Townshend in Windham County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)
Clarina Howard Nichols
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 5, 2009
1. Clarina Howard Nichols Marker
Born in West Townsend 1810, Clarina Howard became an early advocate of womens rights. After a divorce in 1843 she married George Nichols. As editor of the Windham County Democrat she strongly advocated womens property rights, child custody, temperance, and suffrage. In 1852 she became the first woman to address the Vermont Legislature, and lectured throughout New England and the Midwest. Nichols was a staunch abolitionist who seized the opportunity to move with her family to Kansas where her views on slavery and womens rights were widely accepted. During the Civil War she was director of a home for orphaned black children in Washington, D.C. She died at her sons home in Pomo, California, in 1885.
Erected 2001 by Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Civil Rights • Women. In addition, it is included in the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.
Location. 43° 5.052′ N, 72° 42.689′ W. Marker is in West Townshend, Vermont, in Windham County. It is at the intersection of Route 30 and Windham Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Route 30. Located next to the West Townshend
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Regionally, this marker is in Vermont’s Connecticut River Valley, in the Green Mountains, and in Southern Vermont. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Taft Homestead Site (here, next to this marker); Scott Bridge (approx. 2.6 miles away); Simpsonville Stone Arch Bridge (approx. 3 miles away); Jamaica Veterans Monument (approx. 3.6 miles away); Founding Members of the Friends of the Wardsboro Library (approx. 4.9 miles away); Memorial Hall (approx. 4.9 miles away); Wardsboro Veterans Memorial (approx. 4.9 miles away); Wardsboro World Wars Memorial (approx. 5 miles away).
Also see . . . The Responsibilities of Woman - Speech by Clarina Howard Nichols. (Submitted on October 19, 2009, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 5, 2009
2. Clarina Howard Nichols Marker
Looking south. The Taft Homestead Site Marker is on the left.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 5, 2009
3. Clarina Howard Nichols Marker
Looking North. The Clarina Howard Nichols Marker is on the left, partially hidden. The Taft Homestead Site Marker is on the right. The white building with the flag is the West Townshend Post Office.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne
4. Clarina Irene Howard Nichols
Engraved by J. G. Butre from History of Woman Suffrage, 1881 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 15, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,736 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 15, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. 4. submitted on November 5, 2020, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
